Shallow boat-shaped dish used for preparing medicine

Made:: 1880-1920 in Maldives and Sri Lanka

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Shallow boat-shaped dish
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Shallow boat-shaped dish, made from mixture of emery and sandstone, used for preparing medicine, broken at sides, from Maldire group, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), 1880-1920

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A194796

Materials:: earthenware and incomplete

Measurements:: overall: 15 mm x 230 mm x 81 mm,

type:: dish - vessel

credit:: Glendining

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