Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1800-1929
Specimen jar containing a dried gourd and a felt bag, both filled with crimson iron oxide powder from Brazil
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
1801-1882
Mate cup, silver mounted gourd, with silver mate spoon, bombilla, South American, 1801-1882
1900-1930
Glass container on glass mount, contains maqui berries, from South America
Glass container on glass mount (missing) contains flowers and stems of contrayerva, from South America
Glass container on glass mount, contains cinchona from South America, container
1890-1940
Glass specimen dish, fixed to glass display plate, for ipecacuanha, root from Guiana
1880-1940
Glass display plate, with plaster rod attached, made from concoction of guarana seeds, from Brazil
Glass specimen dish fixed to display plate, for sweet broom weed, from Guyana
Glass container, contains Bitter Quassia bark, used to treat fever by Guiana Indians
Glass dish fixed to display plate for chillies, used as an enema by Guianan Indians, S. America
1801-1925
Silver (plated?) mate cup and spoon, bombilla, South American, 1801-1925
1830-1920
Circular glass container on glass backing plate contains bark used by Mapuche Indians of South America for abscesses and as a purgative
Small gourd bottle containing curare, South American
Glass container on glass mount, contains Divi-divi fruits, used by Ijca and Goajiro Indians
1870-1930
Glass specimen bottle, corked, containing pareira brava, roots from South America
1851-1937
Piece of aromatic bark, with sisal loop for suspension, used and collected by Macoa Indians, Venezuela, South American, 1851 to 1937
Glass container in glass mount, contains bark of nectandra coto, used to treat diarrhoea by Pomeroon and Moruca Indians of Guiana
Stemmed silver mate cup, with handle, and silver mate spoon, bombilla, South American, 1801-1925
Calabash containing remains of curare, stoppered, South American
Glass containers, contains castor oil seeds used by Ijca Indians, South America
