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https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.966
- Description
- Brown wooden box, rectangular with higher back. There are two sections holding chopsticks.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C. Chopsticks are used for stirring materia medica while they are boiling in the pot to prevent them from sticking at the bottom of the pot and getting burnt. They might also have been used for paozhi (processing of materia medica) since it may involves boiling, steaming, roasting, frying and / or calcifying.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 30 cm H x 20 cm W x 5cmL