Wooden bowl and small amber coloured modules of gum mastic

Made:
1870-1930

Circular, shallow, wooden bowl and small amber coloured nodules of gum mastic, probably Turkish (?), from Turkish pharmacy, 1870-1930.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A659317
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
height 80 mm
diameter 182 mm
type:
bowls

Parts

Small amber coloured nodules of gum mastic, irregular in size, stored within a rectangular plastic container. Probably Turkish, from Turkish pharmacy.

small amber coloured nodules of gum mastic

Small amber coloured nodules of gum mastic, irregular in size, stored within a rectangular plastic container. Probably Turkish, from Turkish pharmacy.

Measurements:
container: 90 mm x 230 mm x 120 mm,
Materials:
plastic (unidentified) and resin (unidentified)
Object Number:
A659317/3
type:
pieces

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