Box for cinchona bark

Box for cinchona bark, known as a Coracha, wood and rawhide, with contents brought from Peru, by the expedition of Ruiz and Pavon, 1777

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654761
Materials:
box, rawhide, box, wood and contents, bark
Measurements:
overall: 480 mm x 810 mm x 440 mm,
type:
box and cinchona bark
credit:
Alphonso XIII