Ovoid carved containers

Made:
1870-1920 in India

Two ovoid carved containers, one of wood, the other is a nut kernel and a carved coconut shell which may have been a rattle, nut kernel possibly Indian, rattle possibly from Middle East, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652347
Materials:
wood, coconut shell, mother-of-pearl and complete
Measurements:
decorative container: 59 mm 44 mm,
plain container: 70 mm 33 mm,
coconut shell: 97 mm 90 mm,
type:
container