Fossilized horse(?) teeth, Dragon's teeth, used to

Made:: 2000-5000

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Fossilized horse(?) teeth, Dragon's teeth, used to cure acute mania, in glass topped display box, from Hong Kong, Chinese, about 2,000 000 BC to 500,000 BC

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Object Number:: A674248

Materials:: bone, box, cardboard, ivory

type:: teeth archaeology (pleistocene), ethnography (chinese), geology, pharmacy (materia medica), archaeology (pleistocene), dragons' teeth, ethnography (chinese), fossils, geology, lung ch'im, pharmacy (materia medica), teeth

credit:: Hawk, J.

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