Medicine

P1613.38

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.38
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, tan. Scattered small holes. Tied with tan string. Residual string. Contains brown longitudinally-ridged segments of bark, up to 5.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm. Label reads "Puchu | Pound up + put in clothing | to make them smell good".

Length 26 cm
Width 16 cm
Thickness 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613LL - Old Museum Number

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