Plant seeds in a packet for religious and medicinal use: fijil [1]; jiljelania [.2]; harmel seeds [.3] and cloves [.4]. All in red textile packets. All together in a black box.

Collection type: Object
Description: Plant seeds in a packet for religious and medicinal use: fijil [1]; jiljelania [.2]; harmel seeds [.3] and cloves [.4]. All in red textile packets. All together in a black box.
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Person: Field collector Melville William Hilton-Simpson; PRM source Melville William Hilton-Simpson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920
Materials and processes: Material Plant Seed, Material Textile, Process Woven, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length: max 70 mm largest packet
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.42.23.1 Accession number: 1920.42.23.2 Accession number: 1920.42.23.3 Accession number: 1920.42.23.4
Research and responses: Harmine: hallucinogenic alkaloid found in the seed coats of a plant (Peganum harmala) of the
Mediterranean region and the Middle East, and also in a South American vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) from which groups in the Andes Mountains prepared a drug for religious and medicinal use. [Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica] [MR 1/3/2000]
Related Documents File - See RDF for labels written by Hilton-Simpson for various objects in this collection. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/12/2004]

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