TAMARINDI
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This urn–shaped drug jar has a round foot and domed lid. The jar has a white tin glaze with blue swags and vines at the neck and inscription. The jar is marked, “TAMARINDI.” Tamarindus is the fruit of the tree <i>Tamardindus indica</i>. The pulp, leaves, and bark are used for medicinal purposes including the relief of fever and indigestion.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0712
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05924
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 636
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0712.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0712.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 cm x 16.5 cm; 11 7/16 in x 6 1/2 in