Betel-nut Cutters and Boxes. (B.h.) 



[ 8.] Betel Box, amboyna wood, with drawer ; contains 

 five turned wooden boxes, with covers. Sin. x 4|in. x 3in. 

 high. (India.) 



[9.] Betel Box, lac, with three compartments for 

 betel nut, and the lime and spices; Tamil. 5 fin. high, 6in. 

 diameter. (From Rangoon.) 



[10.] ChunamBox; brass globular ; plain flat bottom. 

 3|in. diameter. (India.) 



[11 to 18.] Eight stoppered Bottles; containing areca 

 (betel-nut), whole and crushed ; chunam, (lime,) cardamum, 

 and areca, crushed and mixed ; and catechu. 



These are the ingredients of the mi.xture used by tlie Nawab 

 Nazini, of Bengal, and were given by him to W. B. 



[ 19.] Chunam Bottle, 6'Jin. x 2in. diameter. 

 [20.] Chunam Bottle, 6fin. x i|in. diameter. 

 [ 21.] Chunam Bottle, 6fin. x a^in. diameter. 



The above are of bamboo, engraved with bands of ornament, 

 the hnes being filled with black. 



[ 22.] Chunam Box, carved in wood in form of 

 human figure ; head, forming the box ; eyes of pearl ; face, 

 tattoed. loin. high, 2|in, diameter. 



[ 23.] Chunam Box, carved in wood ; in form of full- 

 length human figure, jfin. x 2in. diameter. Brought by 

 Captain Denham with No. 16 from Solomon Islands. 



[ 24.J Chunam Box; a gourd, i2in. long, i|in. 

 diameter, with iron rod, io|in. long, with wooden handle, 

 4in. long. (Humboldt's Bay, New Guinea.) 



[25.] Chunam box; a flattened gourd, 2in. high, 

 3iin. diameter; covered with beautiful incised ornament, 

 filled in with black. 



[26.] A Woven Grass Case, containing two bamboo 

 tubes for holding betel and chunam ; each with ornament in 

 incised lines, blackened, sin. long x i|in. diameter. Brought 

 by Captain Denham, from Solomon islands. 



[27.] Chunam Box, bamboo; with characteristic 

 Batta ornament, incised, and filled in with black. 3|in. x 

 liin. diameter. (Sumatra.) 



[28.] Hashish Box, silver; repousse; hinged-lid; 

 ring for attachment, sides fluted; top and bottom with 

 circles of flattened beads, repoussd 2in. diameter, i^in. 

 high. (India.) 



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