Tabakbüchse

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"159. Tobacco container - "Tampat tambako"A beaker shaped container with removable lid, very nicely worked and decorated with tasteful engravings. Tobacco is also prized by the natives of the Indian archipelago as a stimulant. It is chewed and smoked; when smoked, the native makes a kind of cigarette from a dry palm leaf which he smokes in just a few drags. Tobacco grows well on most of the islands of the archipelago and is cultivated in large plantations by Europeans and Chinese on Java; the product is usually exported. The natives buy the cut tobacco in the bazaars in the villages. The women in most areas smoke the little straw cigarettes just as much, and are not shy to chew tobacco either. "Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 38). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller