Asam Gelugor Fruit-Shaped Brass Container

Below are the pictures of the Asam Gelugor fruit-shaped brass container from my collection.

Asam Gelugor, known as Garcinia atroviridis or asam keping in Malay, is a large rain forest tree native to peninsular Malaysia. This species grows wild throughout peninsular Malaysia but is also widely cultivated, especially in the northern states, owing to its economic and medicinal value.

Garcinia is a large perennial plant commonly found in evergreen forests in the southern region of Thailand and Malaysia. The fruit contains citric acids, such as tartaric and ascorbic acids. Sun-dried slices of the fruits, locally known as "asam keping", are commercially available and are popularly used as a vegetable salad and is considered extremely sour.

The Asam Gelugor fruit-shaped brass container like this in my collection were used to keep jewelry or betel for the Malay families in the past.

Height : 8.2cm, Diameter : 10.2cm

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Asam Gelugor Fruit-shaped Brass Container

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Also check out the "Silver Betel / Tobacco Box", the "Spittoons", the "Betel Nut Paraphernalia" and the "Indonesian Betel Or Tobacco Box".