National Museum of American History
MERC VIVUS
Unknown artist
This straight walled cylindrical wooden drug jar has a removable wooden peg that fits into a hole at the top of the container. The drug jar and the top of the peg are painted dark green. An ivory-colored, oval medallion surrounded by stylized black leaves with a red ribbon at the bottom of the medallion. There is an incised line just below the top and just above the base of the container. The interior of the medallian is marked in black, "MEP?G/VIVUS".
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