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.) 



[ io.] Chunam Box; brass globular ; plain flat bottom. 

 3fin. diameter. (India.) 



[ ii 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 mixture used by the Nawab 

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



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

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



[ 21.] Chunam Bottle, 6fin. x 2^in. diameter. 



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

 the lines 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 fin, diameter. 



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

 length human figure. 7fin. x 2in. diameter. Brought by 

 Captain Denham with No. 16 from Solomon Islands. 



[24.] Chunam Box; a gourd, i2in. long, ifin. 

 diameter, with iron rod, lofin. long, with wooden handle, 

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



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

 3|in. 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. 5 in. 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 

 i|in. diameter. (Sumatra.) 



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

 ring for attachment, sides fluted; top and bottom with 

 circles of flattened beads, repousse. 2in. diameter, i|in. 

 high. (India.) 



