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https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.177
- Description
- Dark, brown, wooden, circular container which has a top lid and lower body. Orange label with yellow border has black Chinese characters is attached to side with some water damage on borders. Some wear on edges where lid and body meet.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- The label contains three Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "Buddha" and "hand" and " flower." When adjusted to English comprehension, product is "Flos Citri Sarcodactylis/Finger Citron Flower." Slighty bitter, slighty warm. In traditional Chinese medicine, product is used for liver and stomach meridians to soothe liver and regulate qi, and warm the stomach and spleen.
- Measurements
- 16 cm H x 20 cm W