Betel or Paan Box with Inscription and Floral Scrolls
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This box is a "pandan," a container for "betel"- thin slices of the nut of the areca palm mixed with spices and lime paste made from ground seashells and wrapped in a leaf of the betel tree. Betel, chewed after meals to help with digestion, was very popular in the Punjab region. This box is inscribed with the name of its owner, Abu'l-Kharid Nur al-Hasan Khan.For the latest information about this object, Betel or Paan Box with Inscription and Floral Scrolls, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.
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