Title
Lime pot
Year/Period
c. 1930
Region
Kelantan, Northeast Malay Peninsula
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: H10.2 x Dia11.4(base)cm
Accession No.
XXXX-03347
Collection of
This bulbous lime pot is undecorated.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.
