Medicine

P1613.23

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.23
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, brown with tan plant pattern. Tied with pink-and-white string. Contains fine brown (potentially) leaf fragments and coarse powder. Label reads "Kubit Kayu Tongah. | Mix with Maja mudu | wash the body for pains."

Length 24 cm
Width 17 cm
Thickness 3 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613W - Old Museum Number

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