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Metal shears used to cut betelnuts
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC35023Origin:
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDonor / Date:
Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1983Size:
W 40; L 180: W 90; L 180 mmDescription:
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Cutters like these were used to slice betel nuts, which were then chewed as a stimulant. One of these betel nut cutters is from Agra, India and was given to the British Pharmaceutical Society by HB Brady in about 1880. The other was made by a Chinese blacksmith and used by poorer people and was donated to the Society by CT Johnson around 1907. Unfortunately we do not know which cutter is which.
