opium container

A Chinese opium smoker's box. The box is wooden and the front panel can be removed to show the contents. On the first shelf is an engraved removable brass tray with a collection of shells. In the bottom drawer is mechanism to heat opium, with four lidded square boxes. A back compartment contains tweezers, a spatula and a small square of ivory. Also within the box are four brass lidded boxes, some containing shells and opium paraphernalia. The front panel has inlaid decoration with what is probably ivory.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2003.280
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 142 mm x 189 mm x 117 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
metal; wood; iron; bone; ivory; plant fibre; shells; coral; ink
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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