Khan Academy: Goa Stone and Gold Case From Goa, India

In this video [2:30] Met curator Maryam Ekhtiar on contradiction in Goa Stone and Gold Case from Goa, India, late 17th-early 18th century. "Goa stones" were manufactured by Jesuit priests living in Goa, on India's western coast. They are man-made versions of bezoars (a mixture of gallstones and hairs found in the stomach of deer, sheep, and antelopes) that, when scraped and ingested with tea or water, were supposed to have medicinal properties.