box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23833
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.187
- Description
- Rectangular tin box, unpainted with lid. Red pattern on front with gold circles. Beige rectangular label with orange trim and black Chinese characters. Box is first from the left in photograph
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Beige rectangular with squared off corner. Orange trim with Chinese characters that literally translate to: [indistinguishable name], "stomach", "pain", "pill". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is Stomach pain pills. These pills are used to warm spleen and stomach for dispelling cold, and regulate vital energy and alleviate pain. It treats the accumulation of cold and stasis of qi, cold pain in the stomach, swelling/nausea, vomiting and acid regurgitation. Slight water damage at the bottom of label.
- Measurements
- 7.5 cm height x 14 cm width