Glass specimen jar containing acokanthera root

Made:
1880-1910 in Europe and Mombasa
maker:
Unknown

Glass specimen jar, no stopper, containing two pieces of acokanthera root from Mombasa and length of string originally used to secure paper lid, Kenya, Nov. 1892

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A673253
Materials:
glass, clear
Measurements:
height 306 mm
diameter 74 mm
type:
specimen jar
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust

Parts

Glass specimen jar containing acokanthera root

Glass specimen jar containing acokanthera root

Glass specimen jar, no stopper, containing two pieces of acokanthera root from Mombasa, Kenya, Nov. 1892

Measurements:
height 306 mm
diameter 74 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A673253/1
type:
specimen jar
Length of string originally used to secure paper lid

Length of string originally used to secure paper lid

Length of string originally used to secure paper lid to glass specimen jar, no stopper, containing two pieces of acokanthera root from Mombasa, Kenya, Nov. 1892

Materials:
fibre (unidentified)
Object Number:
A673253/2
type:
string (fiber product)

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