- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- One of 4 charms against snake-bite made from seed capsule of Martynia species.
- Cultural groups
- Shan
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1893
- Date collected
- By 1893
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 17/02/1893
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Seed Capsule
- Dimensions
- Length: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1893.11.4
- Research and responses
HGA Leveson is listed as "Officers in the Burma Commission" under "Deputy Commissioners, 3rd Grade" in The India List and India Office List for 1905 (p. 69) [Dan Hicks 7/3/2017]
1893.11.4
One of 4 charms against snake-bite made from seed capsule of Martynia species.
On display
1893.11.4
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