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ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND
ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND

ANTIQUE PHILIPPINE BETEL NUT BOX SILVER INLAND - A RARE FIND

$ 79.2

Availability: 53 in stock

Description

OVER THE MANY CENTURIES THE CULTURE OF EATING BETEL NUT ALONG WITH THE LEAF OF THE PEPPER PLANT  HAS BECOME AN ART AND REACHED A GREAT DEAL OF SOPHISTICATION AND REFINEMENT.  MANY HOMES HAVE THERE OWN WAY OF PREPARING THE BETEL NUT AND THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF BETEL NUTS –ALSO THE LEAF FOR THE EATING OF THE BETEL NUT COMES FROM A PEPPER VINE-  A SLIGHTLY BITTER LEAF. BETEL NUTS ALONG WITH THE PEPPER LEAF ARE ALSO EATEN IN INDIA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN ASIA/SOUTH EAST ASIA.
MANY KINDS OF BETEL NUT BOXES CAME TO BE ALONG WITH DECORATIVE CUTTERS – EACH SUITED TO THE STATUS OF THE FAMILY.
THIS PHILIPPINE ANTIQUE BETEL NUT BOX IS A RARE FIND. A HEAVY GOLDISH BRONZE INLAID WITH SILVER IN A MOST INTRICATE DESIGN. THE INSIDE HAS THREE DIVISIONS - TWO WITH A SILVER INLAID COVERS. I ASSUME FOR LIME ETC. USED TO BE EATEN WITH THE NUT. I  AM NOT SURE OF HOW IT IS ACTUALLY EATEN IN THE PHILIPPINES. TWO HANDLES ON EACH SIDE.
Size: Length: 5 1/2" Width" 2 1/4" Height: 2 1/2".
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