Port & River — 1900-1935
Model, model of animal
A jalap root or tubor, imported through the London docks from either Mexico or India, for use in the pharmaceutical industry. The tubors are often curiously shaped and this example was kept as a curio in the Cutler Street warehouse.
- Category:
- Port & River
- Object ID:
- DK88.116/464
- Object name:
- model, model of animal
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1900-1935
- Material:
jalap root
- Measurements/duration:
- H 80 mm, L 130 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- London Museum Docklands: Warehouse of the World Gallery
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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