Medicine
29-237-44
From: China | India | Singapore | Malay Archipelago
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-237-44 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China | India | Singapore | Malay Archipelago |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | 砂仁. Brown seeds. Seeds of several species of Amomum, of which Amomum Grana Paradisi furnishes the best, imported from India and the Malayan Archipelago. A stomachic and stimulant; used also to flavor spirituous liquors and in cookery. From Singapore and Penang. Value at Ningbo, $48 per picul. One of a collection of samples of Chinese medicine, each in an individual glass jar sealed with cork top. |
| Credit Line | Gift of R. Stewart Culin, pre-1903 |
| Other Number | 3915 - Other Number | CG98-1-72.45 - Found in Collection Number |
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