Doctor's bag, Tibet, 1850-1930

Made:: 1850-1930 in Tibet

Leather and cloth medicine bag with drawstring

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Leather and cloth medicine bag with drawstring
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Leather and cloth medicine bag with drawstring, containing 50 small leather bags full of medicine, plus 4 instruments, Tibetan

Doctor's bag, from Tibet, c. 1850-1930. A leather and cloth medicine bag with drawstring, containing 50 small leather bags full of medicine, plus instruments.

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A642972

Materials:: leather, cloth and metal

Measurements:: overall: 220 mm x x , 250 mm, 3.04kg

type:: medicine pouch

credit:: Rimpoche, R.

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Parts

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt1

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt2

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt3

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt4

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt5

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt6

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt7

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt8

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt9

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt10

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt11

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt12

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt13

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicines, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt14

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicines, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt15

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt16

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt17

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt18

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt19

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt20

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt21

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt22

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt23

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt24

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt25

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt26

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt27

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt28

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt29

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt30

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt31

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt32

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt33

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt34

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt35

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt36

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt37

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt38

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt39

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt40

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt41

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt42

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt43

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt44

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt45

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt46

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt47

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt48

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt49

type:: bags

Leather medicine bag

Leather bag, containing medicine, labelled

Materials:: leather and label, bamboo

Object Number:: A642972 Pt50

type:: bags

Cupping horn for blood letting

Cupping horn for blood letting, made from cow horn

Materials:: horn

Object Number:: A642972 Pt51

type:: cupping horn

Medicine spoon

Brass spoon for measuring medicines

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A642972 Pt52

type:: spoons

Shaped stone used for igniting Artemisia tinder for moxibustion

Shaped stone used for igniting Artemisia tinder for moxibustion. Moxa involves the heating of certain points of the body by means of tinder on a golden needle

Materials:: stone

Object Number:: A642972 Pt53

type:: stones

Knife, possibly used to remove cataracts

Materials:: metal

Object Number:: A642972 Pt54

type:: cataract knives

Doctor's bag, Tibet, c. 1850-1930.

Large Leather and cloth medicine bag with drawstring, to hold 50 leather bags full of medicine, plus 4 instruments, Tibetan

Measurements:: overall: 220 mm x x , 250 mm, 2.635kg

Materials:: leather , cloth and metal

Object Number:: A642972 Pt55

type:: medicine bags

Doctor's bag, Tibet, 1850-1930

Details

Parts

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Leather medicine bag

Cupping horn for blood letting

Medicine spoon

Shaped stone used for igniting Artemisia tinder for moxibustion

Knife, possibly used to remove cataracts

Doctor's bag, Tibet, c. 1850-1930.

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