Box w/ dipper: enamel

Museum number:
9-5432
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Betel nut box with dipper on chain; copper with gold-color inlay in curvilinear designs; silver rosettes and teardrop shape trim; diameter 3.7 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
Ceylon attr
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Copper (metal), Glass (material), Metal, and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box w/ dipper: enamel, accession number 9-5432, described as Betel nut box with dipper on chain; copper with gold-color inlay in curvilinear designs; silver rosettes and teardrop shape trim; diameter 3.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box w/ dipper: enamel, accession number 9-5432, described as Betel nut box with dipper on chain; copper with gold-color inlay in curvilinear designs; silver rosettes and teardrop shape trim; diameter 3.7 cm.

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