Rectangular betel container with complete beaded strap.
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Overview

Cleveland attributes this brass-and-silver betel container to Mindanao, most likely Maranao, in the 1800s. Its account identifies a Bagobo-pattern beaded strap and associates the box with ingredients for betel chewing: areca nut, lime and leaves.

The museum suggests portability rather than documenting a particular wearer. Recorded ownership passes through Walter C. Hill and Jeptha Wade before the 1916 gift; maker and earlier collecting circumstances are unknown.

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History & identity

Maker unrecorded.

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Sources & representation

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    Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue: Betel nut container (1916.1023)

    Cleveland Museum of Art

    Undated online publication; manufacture date and record timestamps are separate.

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  1. Primary institutional object recordBetel nut container — Cleveland Museum of Art 1916.1023Research access: 2026-10-21

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