| Object Number | 2003-41-25D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Indochina | Cambodia |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Dye | Plant |
| Description | A sample of the roots of yams used for medicine. A piece of paper with French handwriting in black in reads: "Cambodge 5169 Tannants Excroissances Excroissances Cunao ou [Cachou]." This refers to a French publication which has the entry as: "Dioscorea atropurpurea Roxb. Dioscroaceae - Camb. 5169, Cunao ou Cachou (racines)." |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1994.X.13365d - Other Number | 5169 - Other Number |
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