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1935.32.4

Wooden medicine-giver with spout and handle carved to represent a horse’s head.

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1935.32.4

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Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden medicine-giver with spout and handle carved to represent a horse’s head.
Geographical reference: Pakistan
Asia > Southern Asia > Pakistan; Sulaiman range Fort Munro
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1935
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Donated: 1935
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 235 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.32.4
Research and responses: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Fort Munro is a hill station which lies at 6 303 feet, in the south of the Sulaiman range. [CW 26/4/2000]

Search terms: Medicine, Figure, Medical Accessory, Animal Figure

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