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SET OF 2 VINTAGE TEMPAT KAPURA SYMBOL OF HEALTH This special set of medicine bottles called Tempat Kapur is handmade in brass and comes from the Tanimbar Islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. These particular bottles stopped being produced in the 1970s. They were used to contain medicine made from betel nut mixed with other natural ingredients. The tradition to use the betel nut for medicinal purposes is thousands of years old and span throughout Southeast Asia and the

Dimensions: 19cm diameter x 14cm height

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The set comes complete with its blackened handcrafted metal stands and its story

The beautiful bottles were carved by hand by local artisans on the island of Sumba in Indonesia

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