Medicine: round box containing a piece of dammar wrapped in a leaf [.1], two loose pieces [.2-3], and another piece with a leaf in a smaller box [4]. [CF 30/10/2002]

Collection type: Object
Description: Medicine: round box containing a piece of dammar wrapped in a leaf [.1], two loose pieces [.2-3], and another piece with a leaf in a smaller box [4]. [CF 30/10/2002]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Nicobar Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Plant, Material Plant Leaf
Dimensions: Diameter: max 80 mm box, Height: max 43 mm box, Length: max 55 mm, Length: max 37 mm, Length: max 27 mm, Diameter: max 38 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.60.9.1 Accession number: 1884.60.9.2 Accession number: 1884.60.9.3 Accession number: 1884.60.9.4 PR no.: ? 192/ 11935
Associated publications: Indian Antiquary, Feb. 1895, 'Catalogue of Nicobarese objects', p. 172 '174 Kol-râk Dammar: mixed with cocoanut oil, gum resin (vide no 176) and ambergris (vide no 178) and heated in a shell over a fire for application to the forehead and temples as a cure for headache: also sometimes inserted in the iche (vide no 178) or mixed with oil, smeared over the body, on account of its agreeable odour.' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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