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LicenseShallow, drop-shaped dish
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Shallow, drop-shaped dish, made from mixture of emery sandstone and wax, used for preparing medicine by people of Maldire Islands, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A194712
- Materials:
- earthenware
- Measurements:
-
overall: 19 mm x 166 mm x 78 mm,
- type:
- dish - vessel
- credit:
- Glendining
