Box for cinchona bark, known as a Coracha, wood and rawhide, with contents, brought from Peru by the expedition of Ruiz and Pavon, 1777. Accompanying label reads, 'CORACHA' OF LOXA BARK OPENED, SHEWING CONTENTS AND/ METHOD OF PACKING./ ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 'CORACHAS' BROUGHT TO SPAIN/ FROM PERU BY THE EXPEDITION UNDER RUIZ AND/ PAVON SENT THERE BY CARLOS III OF SPAIN/ IN 1777./ PRESENTED BY HIS MAJESTY KING ALFONSO XIII/ OF SPAIN, 1930.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655407
- Materials:
- box, rawhide, box, wood, content, bark and contents, cloth
- type:
- boxes
- credit:
- Alphonso XIII
