- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sample of ginseng in a metal box.
- Cultural groups
- Manchu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1896
- Date collected
- By 1896
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1896
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Root
- Dimensions
- Length: max 102 mm box
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1896.62.99.1
Search terms: Food and Drink, Specimen, Plant, Medicine, Food
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