specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine

Made:
1880-1930
specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine
specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine

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Clear glass specimen jar with glass lid containing coca leaves (erithroxylum coca Lank. Erythroxylaceae) from Peru. Information in jar suggests it arrived in England in October 1889.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656870
Materials:
glass, clear
Measurements:
height 173 mm
diameter 68 mm
base: diameter 78 mm
type:
specimen jar and cocaine
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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