Title
Betel nut receptacle
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Kelantan, Northeast Malay Peninsula
Dimension
Object size: H4.1 x Dia7.3 cm
Accession No.
XXXX-03143
Collection of
This betel nut receptacle is undecorated which suggests that the emphasis was more on the functional shape of the object rather that then on the decorative pattern.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, 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.
