Medicine

29-237-51

From: China | Jiangsu

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-237-51
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Jiangsu
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Description

蟬退 (蟬蛻). Dung beetle skins. From Jiangsu province. Value at Zhenjiang, $10 per picul. 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 3950 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.52 - Found in Collection Number

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