crate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24897
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1395
- Description
- Rectangular, wood crate with lid. Hand painted label on one side, with illustrations of plants and some text in Chinese. Rectangular brown paper label on another side, with three Chinese characters in black. This has been pasted over the original labelling of the crate, which has text in English. The crate has many scrapes and dents.
- 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
- Hand painted label on side of box. black text in Chinese in centre, surrounded by illustrations of plants. Brown paper rectangular label on the front with three black Chinese characters. Text literally translates to English as: "red, bonus. dividend", "drop. fall, decend surrender, capitulate" and "incense, appetizing, fragrant". This has been adjusted for English comprehension to:: "rosewood". Uses: Rosewood is a type of tree that grows about 10-15 meters tall. It can be found mostly in Hainan, China. It can be used to help stop bleeding and relieve pain. It's also used in the treatment of vomiting of blood, hemoptysis, bruises, rheumatism, lower back pain and heart disease.
- Measurements
- Box: 24 cm height x 20 cm width x 21 cm length Lid: 1 cm height x 20 cm width x 21 cm length