Betel Nut Box
Unknown Myanmarian, Myanmarian
collected about 1851-1902
Cane and lacquer
Overall: 7 1/16 × 7 5/16 in. (18 × 18.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Porter and Charles Tremain
13.85.1191
Geography
Place Made: Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Box
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by the Missionary Marilla Baker Ingalls (1828-1902) in Burma between 1851-1902; to Porter (1845-1907) and Charles (1843-1922) Tremain, Fayetteville, New York, probably in 1902; given to present collection, after 1904; catalogued, 1913.
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