kapulan

Updated: June 4, 2025

A box with three compartments, for betel-nut, buyo-leaf, and calcined shell, cast in brass or bell-metal from a wax mould. This type has rectangular surfaces, and is to be distinguished from the kapulan, a type marked by its circular, or elliptical, or polygonal top and base.

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