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Burmese Betel Nut Boxes

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Burmese Betel Nut Boxes
Lot: 4231
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Title: Burmese Betel Nut Boxes
Description: Betel nuts are chewed for their stimulant properties throughout much of Oceania and Southeast Asia, despite the risk of oral cancer. The nuts themselves have served for small change. In Burma, small boxes were made to contain them; this lot has two such boxes, a mandorla-shaped silver box with the lid richly covered with granulation, and an oval bronze container with a dancer (?) etched on the lid.
Low Estimate: 500
High Estimate: 900
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