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



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

 five turned wooden boxes, with covers. 8in. x 4^in. x 3m. 

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

 3fin. 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 mixture used by the Nawab 

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



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

 [ 20.] Chunam Bottle, 6fin. x ifin. diameter. 

 [ 21.] Chunam Bottle, 6fin. x 2 Jin. 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. ioin. high, 2|in, diameter. 



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

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

 Captain Denhamwith No. 16 from Solomon Islands. 



[ 24.J Chunam Box; a gourd, 12m. long, i|in. 

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

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



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

 3 Jin. 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 

 1 Jin. diameter. (Sumatra.) 



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



ring for attachment, sides fluted; top and bottom with 



circles of flattened beads, repousse - . 2m. diameter, ijin. 

 high. (India.) 



