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Betel set with tray, three containers, and a leaf holder. In the centre, there is a fixed upright handle which enables one to lift it up. The tray is used for displaying the ready made quids.

On this tray, there is a container where traces of lime are still apparent. A small pot for red spices, and another container with a lid, probably for the areca nut. The betel leaves are put into the lower recipient.

Next to the set, there is a spittoon in yellow brass, an areca nut cutter, and a container for spices.

This type of betel set is still used nowadays. It is made of brass, decorated with volutes which have a design of flowers intermingled with leaves. The base of the recipient is decorated with concentric incisions. At the top of the base there is a decorated spherical shape which narrows with circumlinear incisions.


Description : Brass
Decoration : Flowers and foliage, circumlinear incisions
Size : not known
Origin : Northern and Central Thailand

 

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