Accession No

1938.360 B


Description

Medicine box made from a short length of bamboo, with node at bottom and lid of same material, encircled by two cane bands. This container holds a quantity of some brown powder.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Shan State; Mu Se District; Namhkam


Period


Source

Samson, Otto William (Dr) [field collector]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1938.360 B


Cultural Affliation

Shan


Material

Wood; Cane; Bamboo


Local Term


Measurements

75mm Weight 0.041kg


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Samson.Dr.O;
Event Date 11/5/1994
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
Medicine box made from a short length of bamboo, withnode at bottom and lid of same material, encircled by two canebands. Contains a quantity of some brown powder. A: Small glassbottle with tin lid, both of western origin, filled with some hard-caked substance
Event Date 11/5/1994
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
Assigned the suffix 'B' however the object is not marked with this suffix.
Event Date 5/12/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Medicine box made from a short length of bamboo, with node at bottom and lid of same material, encircled by two cane bands. This container holds a quantity of some brown powder.
Event Date 5/12/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:278775

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