Box: betel nut

Museum number:
9-255a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Small bronze betel-nut box; about 3.5 x 5 inches in two equal halves; brass bells depending from four corners, only one with original ring; two corners have 3 bells each, two have 2 bells each
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box: betel nut, accession number 9-255a,b, described as Small bronze betel-nut box; about 3.5 x 5 inches in two equal halves; brass bells depending from four corners, only one with original ring; two corners have 3 bells each, two have 2 bells eachHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box: betel nut, accession number 9-255a,b, described as Small bronze betel-nut box; about 3.5 x 5 inches in two equal halves; brass bells depending from four corners, only one with original ring; two corners have 3 bells each, two have 2 bells each
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box: betel nut, accession number 9-255a,b, described as Small bronze betel-nut box; about 3.5 x 5 inches in two equal halves; brass bells depending from four corners, only one with original ring; two corners have 3 bells each, two have 2 bells each

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