Medicine
29-237-8
From: China | Guangdong
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Guangdong |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 竹黃. Tabasheer. Said to be found amongst bamboo groves. Many superstitious ideas are attached both to its origin and properties. From Guangdong province. Value at Guangzhou, $25 per picul. Plant fibers. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. |
| Credit Line | Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903 |
| Other Number | 3810 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.8 - Found in Collection Number |
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