Felt patchwork container with four pouches and long card for fastening

Made:
1850-1920 in India
maker:
Chum-cha people
Felt patchwork container with four pouches and long card for

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Felt patchwork container with four pouches and long card for fastening, cloth containing steel betel nut, whole & sliced betel nut and rawhide disc, Indian, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A114063
Materials:
cloth
type:
container
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Betel nut cutter in back pocket

Betel nut cutter in back pocket

Steel betel nut cutter in deapest back pocket

Measurements:
overall: 7 mm x 140 mm x 57 mm,
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A114063 Pt1
type:
betel-nut cutter
Disc

Disc

Stiff rawhide disc in third pocket

Measurements:
overall: 4 mm, 48 mm,
Materials:
rawhide
Object Number:
A114063 Pt2
type:
accessory
Whole and sliced betel nut

Whole and sliced betel nut

Whole and sliced betel nut in second and third pocket

Object Number:
A114063 Pt3
type:
nut - plant material
Patchwork container for betel nut and disc

Patchwork container for betel nut and disc

Felt patchwork container with four pouches and long card for fastening, cloth, Indian, for steel betel nut, whole & sliced betel nut and rawhide disc, 1850-1920

Materials:
complete and cloth
Object Number:
A114063 Pt5
type:
container