Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other Number
Other Number
B64
Number Type
Old Number
Other Number
BAG24
General Notes
Note
Notes: Made for influenza epidemic around World War I. One carried it at all times and sniffed it frequently (especially when out in public). Random House states that asafetida is a "gum resin having a bitter, acrid taste and an obnoxious odor, obtained from roots of several umbelliferous plants".