Eight poppy heads in bowl

Metal bowl, containing eight poppy heads, Islamic

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A643452

Materials:: metal

type:: metal bowls

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Metal bowl

Metal bowl, Islamic, unsigned

Materials:: metal

Object Number:: A643452/1

type:: bowl - vessel

Eight poppy heads from Arab pharmacy

Eight dried poppy heads (poppy staw) of varying size, in (modern) container measuring 100 mm x 280 mm x 165 mm, 275g. Also a small container with fragments of poppy heads. From the Arab Pharmacy at the Wellcome Institute, Euston, London. Middle Eastern, unknown date.