PIPER ALBUM
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Piper Album or white has been used for centuries in medicines. It is purported to help with the digestion of food, and control nausea and vomiting.
label: Description
content: This conical-shaped, wooden drug jar and lid has an ivory-colored shield reads "PIPER/ALBUM".
label: Description
content: The lid has two paper labels glued to the interior. The yellow label is a hand written inscription written in black ink reads "Lifliargyrum/..." Containers 1991.0664.0889 through 892 appear to be from the same apothecary. The Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has similar containers in their collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: European Apothecary
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Wood Drug Jars
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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
label: Related Publication
content: Elisabeth Huwer. Das Deutsche Apotheken-Museum
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: 1991.0664.0889
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 811
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0889.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0889.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.3 cm x 8.2 cm; 6 13/16 in x 3 7/32 in