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Sireh bowl

Title

Sireh bowl

Year/Period

c. 1930

Region

Minangkabau, Western Sumatra

Dimension

Object size: H6.2 x D24.5 cm

Accession No.

XXXX-03299

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This sireh bowl is decorated with embossed scrolling floral motif around the body.Various types of betel or sireh set and receptacles were created in the Malay and Indonesian Archipelago to hold the ingredients of the betel chew. A set generally comprises a receptacle for holding betel leaves, pots for areca nut, gambier, 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.