box of vials
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24166
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.661
- Description
- Red cardboard box with lid "Pinklets Little Pink Laxative Pills"; with brown paper packaging, eight corked clear glass vials each containing some liquid.
- Object History
- These items originate from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "Pinklets Little Pink Laxative Pills"
- Measurements
- 10 cm height x 20 cm width x 2 cm depth
Images
box of vials with pipet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24167
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.662
- Description
- Red cardboard box with lid "Pinklets Little Pink Laxative Pills"; eight corked clear glass vials each containing some liquid obstructed by brown paper wrapping.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 10 cm height x 15 cm width
Images
can
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23919
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.273
- Description
- Round red tin can with red pressure fit lid. Rims, top and bottom, are metal tin. Tin has two rectangular torn beige labels, one with typed English words, the other with 3 hand-written Chinese characters. Artifact is sixth from left in the 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
- "KOM CHAK PING / It is made of Chinese Medicines: / Shan-ja 20% Mak-ah 20% Bxng-long 10% / Sar-yan 30% Si-kon-fze 20% / Prepared by (Net weight) / Chu Cheng Shih (1 mace each) / Hong Kong"
- Measurements
- 13 cm height x 7 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24676
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1173
- Description
- Metal tin canister with recessed lid; diamond-shaped pale yellow label has a black Chinese character on it. Artifact is second from left in this 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
- Label contains Chinese character that literally translates to "three". When adjusted for English comprehension: "number only; no medical use."
- Measurements
- 9 cm height x 5 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24688
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1185
- Description
- Round metal canister with lid; hand written paper label with 3 Chinese characters written on it; paper label covers the original canister design: "Van Loo Cigars". Object is first on 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
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "calcine" "a surname or dazed" "rock". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Chlorite Schist/Mica Rock". This mineral is purified by heat for medicinal use and has a salty, neutral taste. It is used for lung and liver meridians. It eliminates phlegm and directs qi downward to pacify the liver and relieve convulsions. It is also used to treat dyspnea and cough due to stubborn phlegm, convulsions due to phlegm-heat, epilepsy, and mania.
- Measurements
- 13cm height x 15cm width
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24690
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1187
- Description
- Tin; "Van Loo Cigars"; with lid
- 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
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "green" "mutually" "son/child". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is: "Semen Celosiae/feather cockscomb". These seeds have a bitter, slightly cold taste. They are used for liver meridian, to clear heat, and improve vision. The seeds can be used to treat blood-shot eyes and eye pain due to excess liver heat, as well as to treat dryness and dim vision due to liver deficiency.
Images
Canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23819
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.173
- Description
- Dark brown, wooden, circular canister which has a top lid and lower body. Item has Chinese characters written/painted on side in light orange or gold color. Some chipping is visible 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: "worm, insect" and "river, plain, stream."
- Measurements
- 12 cm H x 18 cm W
Images
Canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23828
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.182
- Description
- Canister, wood, brown, circular shape with push-pull lid. Orange paper label adhered to side.
- 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
- Label contains 4 Chinese characters that are literally translated to "red" "mandarin orange" "continent" "flower". No other translation.
- Measurements
- 12cm height x 25cm width
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23896
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.250
- Description
- Tin can, cylindrical, with pop off lid. Brown paper label featuring hand painted Chinese characters is torn on left hand corner. Artifact is second from right 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
- Word for word translation of Chinese characters is as follows: dollar/basic, prosperous, powder
- Measurements
- 15.5 cm height x 9 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23897
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.251
- Description
- Round brown metal can with lid. Rectangular beige label with black Chinese characters. Slight damage on bottom of can and top of the lid. 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 label with black Chinese characters. Some Chinese characters written on tin in black on the side of the label. Chinese characters literally translate to: "lotus root" and "powder". Lotus Root powder cab be use for cooking or medication. Lotus astringent non-toxic, can stop hematemesis, nose and throat bleeding, blood stasis, antipyretic toxicity, postpartum blood boring, etc. It has anti-inflammatory hemostatic effect.
- Measurements
- 10 cm height x 14 cm width
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23899
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.253
- Description
- Round based tin can with metal lid and black painted on text label. Can has rusted. Object is fourth 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
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "powder" and "rock". Third character could not be read.
- Measurements
- 11 cm height x 5 cm length x 5 cm width
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23900
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.254
- Description
- Cylindrical, metal, tin can with push down lid. Some scratches and appear on one side to indicate a paper label attached to it before. Marks of the the label look to faint and faded on the can. Item is fourth from left in photo.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 17 cm H x 7 cm W
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23902
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.256
- Description
- Round based metal canister with lid and hand-written paper label. Artifact is second on 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
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to : "camphot/cinnamonum camphyara" and "wood" and "son/child". When adjusted for English comprehension, the product is Zhangmuzi. Zhangmuzi is a mature fruit of Cinnamomum Cinnamomum camphora. Plant camphor, located in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Taiwan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and other places, especially Taiwan has the most. Taste spicy, warm. Purpose is to expel wind and cold, warm stomach and, regulate qi and stop pain to cure abdomen cold pain, cold wet vomit, Qi stagnation, beriberi.
- Measurements
- 12 cm height x 9 cm width x 9 cm length
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23904
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.258
- Description
- Round tin can with lid. Three Chinese characters written directly on the can. Artifact is second 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
- Chinese characters on label, which literally translate to "three", "immortal" "pill". When adjusted for English translation, it means "Three Immortal Pills". Product used to treat infants for symptoms of depressed temper, fever, inability to open eyes, dizziness, and lack of energy in limbs that can occur when food fills/blocks stomach and intestines. It is also prescribed for the stagnation of Qi.
- Measurements
- 7cm height x 6cm width
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23905
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.259
- Description
- Metal tin canister with lid that fits inside; rusted; lighter grey where vertical label was. Artifact is first on 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
- Measurements
- 15.5 cm x 7 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23907
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.261
- Description
- Tin can, cylindrical, with pop off lid. Brown paper label featuring hand painted Cinese characters. Artifact is second from right 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
- Word for word translation is as follows: dollar/basic, bright/clear, powder. This has been adjusted for English comprehension to "Weathered Sodium Sulfate, thenardite". Weathered Sodium Sulfate, thenardite is made from anhydrous sodium sulfate is an inorganic compound with formula Na2SO4. It is a white solid soluble in water. It is used to treat constipation, dry stool, accumulated stagnation induced abdominal pain, sore and swollen throat, sores of the mouth and tongue, swollen gums, red eyes, carbuncles, and erysipelas.
- Measurements
- 15.5 cm height x 9 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23908
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.262
- Description
- Round metal canister with push-pull lid. Small dent top right. Faint black Chinese characters in black in the middle. Canister is third from the left in the 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
- Three faint black Chinese characters that literally translate to "slippery" and "rock". When adjusted for English comprehension the product is "talcum". It is usde to induce diuresis to treat stranguria, clears summer-heat and summer-dampness, and treats diarrhea and eczema caused by heat and dampness. It also dispels dampness to promote wound healing when applied externally.
- Measurements
- 15 cn height x 10 width
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23911
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.265
- Description
- Can, tin, round; bottom has green paint on it; with lid.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sand Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters on label, which literally translate to "flower", "stamens"; "rock". When adjusted for comprehension, product is ophicalcite; Pharmaceutical name: Ophicalcitum / Dolomite. This stone is also known as dolomite or ophicalcitum and uses the chemical formula: CaMg(CO3)2. This stone is angular, sparkly under the sun, and has a white/pale gray color. In Chinese medicine, it is used to stop bleeding, invigorate the blood, and resolve blood stasis.
- Measurements
- 15 cm x 6 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23912
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.266
- Description
- Dark green metal tin canister with lid. Label on front, with yellow background rimmed in red, is damaged, with most of it missing. Artifact is third from 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
- Measurements
- 9 cm height x 9 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23913
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.267
- Description
- Dark green metal tin canister with lid. On the front, there is a yellow octagonal label rimmed in red, with 2 Chinese characters placed vertically. Artifact is second from 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
- Measurements
- 12.5 cm height x 6 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23925
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.279
- Description
- Can, metal, cylindrical with lid, beige paper label with Chinese characters.
- 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
- Chinese characters on label. Slight discoloration on bottom-right of label. Chinese characters literally translate to: "yellow", "ginger" and "powder". When adjusted for English comprehension, item is tumeric powder. Turmeric root tuber can be found in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guangxi provinces in China. Actions: Activate blood and alleviate pain, move qi and relieve depression, clear heat and cool blood, promote excretion or bile and remove jaundice. Indications: Pain of chest, hypochondria and abdomen due to qi stagnation and blood stasis; Unconsciousness of heat syndrome and epilepsy; Haematemesis, epistaxis, vicarious menstruation, hematuria, blood stranguria; Damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder stones.
- Measurements
- 15 cm height x 8 cm width
Images
cheque writer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24498
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.993
- Description
- Cheque writer for printing numerals on paper cheques. Black metal with seven keys. Two keys are red, three are black, and two are white. The keys move up and down along slots numbered 1 to 9 to select the desired numbers. There is a large lever at the top for imprinting on to the cheque.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Data Processing T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "F and E Headman MFG Co. / Chicago. IL. USA. / Pat. Oct. 5th 1915 / Machine No. 163130 Model M".
- Measurements
- 15 cm height x 11 width x 13 length
- lever is 15 cm length
Images
Chinese hammer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23690
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.30
- Description
- Metal hammer with wooden handle.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C. This item is used for crushing hard materia medica such as the Carapace/Plastron of turtle. It is used for loosening the dense materia medica such as roots or to crush a large amount of materia medica.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 5 cm height x 17 cm long
Images
cleaver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1135
- Description
- cleaver; rectangular metal blade with round, wood handle. Object is first from left in photograph.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Processing & Preparation T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "China" and characters on blade
- Measurements
- 26 cm length x 6 cm width
- rectanglar blade is 19 cm long
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
clipboard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24489
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.984
- Description
- File board, "The Ottawa"; and cardboard for top of board, "The Ottawa File", "The Eclipse Manufacturing Co., Limited Ottawa, Canada" with metal clips.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C. Industrial 2-Ring Metal Ledger Clipboard Binder by the Steel Equipment Company of Ottawa and manufactured in Pembroke, Ontario. The original patent date is stamped 1911, however this item was likley used in the 1940s-50s. The original cardboard backing piece with the manufacturer information is still intact.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Sign reads " THE OTTAWA FILE/ The Eclipse Manufacturing Co./LIMITED/OTTAWA CAN." Chinese characters on label, which literally translate to "good smell or fragrant"; "harbour"; "Hong Kong"; "come"; "products or good"; "incoming products or goods"; "bill or list"; "tax"; "foot"; "bill or list". When adjusted for comprehension product is a packing list from Hong Kong.
- Measurements
- 34 cm height x 20 cm width
Images
