Lime pot

This bulbous lime pot is decorated with engraved floral motif and inlaid copper.Various types of betel or sireh set and receptacles were created in the Malay Archipelago to hold the ingredients of the betel chew. A set generally comprises a receptacle for holding betel leaves, pots for areca, gambier and lime and a nut cutter. A betel quid consists of a betel leaf smeared with lime, thin shavings of areca nut, gambier as well as other ingredient such as cloves.

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