Glass display container for perfumed cherry seeds

Glass display container for perfumed cherry seeds

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Glass display container for perfumed cherry seeds (prunus mahaleb), with contents, 'a decoction of the seeds is taken for colic', secured to glass display board, Kordofan, Sudan, 1900-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655914
Materials:
glass, display board, glass and display board, paper
Measurements:
diameter 48 mm
height 16 mm
length 103 mm
width 63 mm
thickness 4 mm
type:
container