Betel or Paan Box with Inscription and Floral Scrolls

19th century (British Raj)

15.3 cm 9.5 cm 17.5 cm

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This box is a "pandan," a container for "betel"- thin slices of the nut of the areca palm mixed with spices and lime paste made from ground seashells and wrapped in a leaf of the betel tree. Betel, chewed after meals to help with digestion, was very popular in the Punjab regi...

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Peter Marks Works of Art, New York; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1988, by purchase.
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