| Object Number | 2003-41-25H |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Indochina | Cambodia |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Dye | Wood |
| Description | A sample of wood used for dyeing in Indochina. There is a label with it that reads: "SAPPAN WOOD Caesalpinia sappan Yields a valuable red dye. Largely exported to both Europe and America INDO-CHINA". A card with it reads: "SAPPAN WOOD Exported to Europe and United States. yields a valuable RED DYE. Caesalpina sappan TONKIN + CAMBODIA COCHIN-CHINA + SIAM". A paper with French handwriting reads: "Cambodge 6556 mat-tinct Bois Sappan Caesalpinia Sappan L Leguminosae". |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1994.X.13365h - Other Number | 6556 - Other Number |
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