Tiger Balm
Object Details
- Eng Aun Tong Tiger Medical Hall Rangoon
- Description
- One hexagonal glass jar of Tiger Balm ointment. This jar was part of a package of 12 jars transferred to the Smithsonian in 1956 by an office of the Bureau of Customs in San Francisco, California. Three other products were included in the transfer, all presumably imports from China and Hong Kong seized at Customs.
- For the outer package (carton) see MG.M-06892.13.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1956
- ID Number
- MG.M-06892.10
- catalog number
- M-06892.10
- accession number
- 210760
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 7/8 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.7625 cm
- place made
- Myanmar: Yangon, Yangon
- Singapore: Singapore
- China: Hong Kong, Victoria
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls
- Beauty and Health
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1455870
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f990-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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