Small clear glass specimen jar

Made:
1850-1920

Small clear glass specimen jar, with paper lid, containing black slab of bread made from reindeer moss used by Esquimaux and collected by Hudson Bay Co., jar probably English, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656130
Materials:
glass, lid, paper and lid, string
Measurements:
height 104 mm
base: diameter 57 mm
type:
specimen jars

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