Aromatic gums

Museum number:
9-12119
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2967
Description:
Balsam, tolu; aromatic gum from the trunk of Myroxylon balsamum, native to jungle areas of Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba; heavy, dark brown viscous substance contained in plastic vial; tolu balsam us used in perfumery and pharmaceutics, this sample obtained from a perfumer, S.N. Kelkar. Odor described as “cinnamic, faintly floral with an undertone of vanillin”
Donor:
M. B. Ichaporia and Mrs. M. B. Ichaporia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Taxon:
Myroxylon balsamum
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.5 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Aromatic gums, accession number 9-12119, described as Balsam, tolu; aromatic gum from the trunk of Myroxylon balsamum, native to jungle areas of Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba; heavy, dark brown viscous substance contained in plastic vial; tolu balsam us used in perfumery and pharmaceutics, this sample obtained from a perfumer, S.N. Kelkar. Odor described as “cinnamic, faintly floral with an undertone of vanillin”Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Aromatic gums, accession number 9-12119, described as Balsam, tolu; aromatic gum from the trunk of Myroxylon balsamum, native to jungle areas of Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba; heavy, dark brown viscous substance contained in plastic vial; tolu balsam us used in perfumery and pharmaceutics, this sample obtained from a perfumer, S.N. Kelkar. Odor described as “cinnamic, faintly floral with an undertone of vanillin”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Aromatic gums, accession number 9-12119, described as Balsam, tolu; aromatic gum from the trunk of Myroxylon balsamum, native to jungle areas of Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba; heavy, dark brown viscous substance contained in plastic vial; tolu balsam us used in perfumery and pharmaceutics, this sample obtained from a perfumer, S.N. Kelkar. Odor described as “cinnamic, faintly floral with an undertone of vanillin”

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