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Betel or Paan Box with Inscription and Floral Scrolls
(Islamic World )
This box is a "pandan," a container for "betel"- thin slices of the nut of the areca palm mixed with spices and lime paste made from ground seashells and wrapped in a leaf of the betel tree. Betel, chewed after meals to help with digestion, was very popular in the Punjab region. This box is inscribed with the name of its owner, Abu'l-Kharid Nur al-Hasan Khan.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Peter Marks Works of Art, New York; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1988, by purchase.
Geographies
India, Punjab (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/4 × W: 6 × L: 6 7/8 in. (9.5 × 15.3 × 17.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ambassador and Mrs. William J. Sebald Fund, 1988
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
53.153