Keywords: Lava Etam (Malay); Black Pepper; Piper Nigrum (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg author anonymous Chinese artist Lava Etam Malay ; Black Pepper; Piper Nigrum; Lada Hitam in en A w watercolour drawing of the black pepper Piper nigrum known in Malay language Malay as lada hitam It is one of 477 natural history drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore commissioned by William Farquhar between 1819 1823 watercolor paper cm 55 38 5 Institution National Museum of Singapore Goh Seng Choo Gallery <br> Singapore accession number Royal Asiatic Society RAS016 380; National Museum of Singapore SHM1995 3051 object history 17 June 1826 Donated in eight volumes by William Farquhar to the Museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in London 1937 Six volumes lent by the Society to the Library of the British Museum Natural History now the Library of the Natural History Museum ; two volumes of botanical drawings retained in the Society's library 1991 Volumes lent to the Museum returned to the Society for valuation 20 October 1993 Sold by the Society at a Sotheby's auction in London to Goh Geok Khim for Singapore dollar S 3 million 1995 Donated by Goh to the Singapore History Museum now the National Museum of Singapore See Natural History Drawings below pp 32 “33 credit line Lava Etam Malay / Black Pepper / Piper Nigrum / Lada Hitam in Jawi This valuable plant is now successfully cultivated at Malacca and thrives as well as in any of the Eastern Islands Countries Drawings of Plants from Malacca no 62 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection cite book The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings Singapore Goh Geok Khim 1999 1 100 978-981-3065-82-6 Editions Didier Millet ; National Museum of Singapore 2010 81 978-981-4217-69-9 Caption Pepper / Lada Hitam / Piper nigrum http //www luxury-insider com/uploads/news/2011/09/4a -pepper-large jpg other versions 100x100px Four drawings of plants from Malacca William Farquhar Collection 1819 “1823 jpg PD-Art-100 Piper nigrum William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings |