Medicine

P1613.36

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1613.36
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Material | Cotton
Description

Medicine bag, tan. Few small holes. Tied with tan string. Contains short brown segments of dried roots or twigs. Label reads "S(?)udu Ayu | To drink as a solution or a | powder after Child birth".

Length 21 cm
Width 19 cm
Thickness 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901
Other Number P1613JJ - Old Museum Number

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