A brush? Or something else

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by junker

Hi,

in the first picture left on top there is a copper container with a spoon on a chain.
What is this item for, and where does it come from ?

Dirk

Hello Dirk,

it's a lime container from South India or Ceylon for betel chewing, late 19th or early 20th century. Maybe Gavin can confirm.

Regards,
Detlef

[Anandalal N.]

Hi,

I can confirm that the lime container is from Ceylon for chewing lime accompanying betel leaf chewing. The bells are tiger bells I believe and look like thy have some age to them.

Rgds.

Anandalal N.

[Gavin Nugent]

Thanks for bringing this back, I totally missed the post Dirk, my apologies.

The other item with the elephant are scales within, likely Burma.

Gavin

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Dirk,

it's a lime container from South India or Ceylon for betel chewing, late 19th or early 20th century. Maybe Gavin can confirm.

Regards,
Detlef

Hard to say about the age as it doesn't ever looked used but it has the same high detail as those I have seen that are heavily used so I would think 25-30 years each side of 1900 is a fair call.

Gavin

[Gavin Nugent]

Long forgotten and still within the cabinets at home...

I found this image earlier this year... given the context of the image and the miniature headdress, perhaps it is American Indian afterall?