Medicine
29-237-162
From: China | Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-162 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | Japan |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 草菓. Four pieces of nuts and herbs. Seeds on the amomum medium. As a stomachic, to give pungent flavor to spirituous liquors and as a stimulant in ague. Fom Japan. Value at Ningbo, $12 per picul. As One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. The label on this jar is different in appearance than the other labels in this collection as it has a red border. This may be because it was imported from Japan. |
| Credit Line | Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903 |
| Other Number | 3973? - Other Number | CG98-1-72.59 - Found in Collection Number |
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