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<p>[QUOTE="Paul W, post: 9464345, member: 77343"]@ bosko69</p><p>Come to think of it, there is one other type of small box that was also exclusively used for carrying around your opium paste (<i>chandu</i>). Quite small, around 1”x 2” in size, and made of lathe-turned buffalo horn, bone, ivory, or wood, usually.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my two:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]441068[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this looks like wood, but shine a light inside and it is semi-translucent buffalo horn.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]441069[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul W, post: 9464345, member: 77343"]@ bosko69 Come to think of it, there is one other type of small box that was also exclusively used for carrying around your opium paste ([I]chandu[/I]). Quite small, around 1”x 2” in size, and made of lathe-turned buffalo horn, bone, ivory, or wood, usually. Here are my two: [ATTACH=full]441068[/ATTACH] this looks like wood, but shine a light inside and it is semi-translucent buffalo horn. [ATTACH=full]441069[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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