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opium pipe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4206.1
- Description
- Pipe, bamboo, Chinese. There is a small hole at the bottom and a small piece of bamboo coming out of the pipe near the middle.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
- Measurements
- 60 cm length x 5 cm diameter
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14391
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.3
- Description
- Stoneware jug with some dark, brown glaze covering from top to body with some missing at the bottom. Small lipped opening on top with small spout beside it. Used for soya sauce. Item is second from left in photo.
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Measurements
- 12 cm H x 15 cm W
Images
jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14393
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.5
- Description
- Jug, square shaped, stoneware, for soya sauce, mostly glazed except for some areas on the bottom, small spout for pouring appears chipped, fluted opening for refilling, raised floral pattern around the lid, chinese characters in a box on one side of jar. Artifact is third from left in photograph
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Two chinese characters enclosed in a box embossed onto one side of jar. Floral pattern embossed around opening.
- Measurements
- 15cm height x 10cm width
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14394
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.6
- Description
- Earthenware brown jug with sloped shoulders and rounded shape, flat on bottom. Raised round hole in middle of top; smaller hole for pouring spout near top. Artifact is first on left in photograph.
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 12 cm height x 10 cm diameter
Images
jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14466
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.78
- Description
- Earthenware brown jug with sloped shoulders and rounded shape, flat on bottom. Raised round hole in middle of top; smaller hole for pouring spout near top. Artifact is third from left in photograph.
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 12.5 cm height x 10.5 cm diameter
Images
cup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16750
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.42
- Description
- Orange porcelain cup with yellow, green, and pink floral pattern; white inside. Artifact is second from left in photograph.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 5 cm height x 5 cm diameter
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catalogue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact18690
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV992.4.1
- Description
- E.G. Rideout & Co. - Catalogue Booklet -- [1879?]. Catalogue produced by E.G. Rideout and Company in New York. The catalogue is staple bound although there are pages falling out of the booklet. The company advertises Swiss and American Watches for ladies and men, notions, combs, brooches, etc. Along with prices guides for the products. The booklet measures 21cm x 27cm.
- Maker
- E. G. Rideout & Co
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- New York
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mancho suit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact21316
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.49.1
- Description
- Mancho suit; kimono-style jacket and two wrap-around panel skirts. Blind embroidery on jacket.
- Object History
- Item dates from before the 1900s, possibly as early as the 1860s. Was likely made for a wealthy Chinese family, rather than being produced for the tourist market.
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lapel pin with card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact22065
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.73.2
- Description
- Lapel pin and card. Pin is round, gold-plated sterling silver. Wide white enamel border has gold "WOMENS WAR WORK" in upper part, "C.R.C.S." at bottom, and thin gold inner and outer borders. Centre of pin is pebbled gold ground with red enamelled cross, gold border. Reverse of pin has locking pin back, and raised lettering "STERLING", 'S' in oval beside it. Back is tarnished, gold-coloured. Front has some soiling and wear.
- Object History
- Donation on behalf of South Burnaby United Church Women. Likely from their thrift shop.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- "WOMENS WAR WORK / C.R.C.S.", in raised letters in white border or pin. "STERLING" with a sideways "S" in an oval, in raised letters on the back of the pin.
- Measurements
- Dia: 1.8 cm
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Occupations - War Worker
- Organizations
- Wars
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Canadian Red Cross
Images
samovar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.225.2
- Description
- Metal Chinese tea samovar consisting of base, reservoir with tap, and lid; 3 Chinese characters placed vertically on reservoir; metal handles on base and on side of reservoir.
- Object History
- Samovar from the Kwong Chai Tong Herbalist shop, located at 122 East Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. The business was founded in ca. 1915 by Lim Butt. The business was later ran by his son, Lim Bong. The samovar was situated on the counter of the shop, filled with an herbal brew which customers could pour off and drink for a small sum of money. The top portion is the resevoir for the Herbal tea. The lower portion is where the fire was in order to keep the tea warm. Vessel was used to store herbal tea which was offered to visitors for maintaining the balance of their body. Shen Nong is a deity in Chinese religion, a mythical sage ruler of prehistoric China; he has been thought to have taught the ancient Chinese not only their practices of agriculture, but also use of herbal drugs. “Shennong” can also be taken to refer to his people, the Shennong-shi (Shennong Clan). According to legend, tea was first discovered by Shennong over two thousand years ago. It is written in Classic of Tea that, "The tea drinking tradition began with Shen Nong and actively developed by the Duke of Zhou." Tea was used in ancient China. It is said that Shen Nong, the God of Medicine who tasted all herbs was poisoned by 72 different plants everyday. He relied on tea to neutralise the toxins. As for how he discovered this plant which can treat all sorts of ailments, there are many different versions.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are translate to: Shen Nong Cha (the God of Medicine’s tea). Product is a medicinal tea brand name which uses more than 10 types of herbs to make the tea. Consumed to relieve symptoms of a cold. Often consumed during the summer months to help someone stay cool.
- Measurements
- 60 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
bench
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23363
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.225.11
- Description
- Herb planing bench. Painted pink
- Object History
- Planing bench made by Lim Bong, proprietor of the Kwong Chai Tong herbalist shop at 122 East Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. According to donor, "it is typical of those used in China for many generations".
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
jacket and pants
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23662
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.4.1
- Description
- Jacket and pants, man's, dark maroon/brown, Chinese; jacket has Mandarin collar. Fabric is an open weave used for summer pattern suggesting waves or clouds. glaising on outside. hand stitched Hip piece waistband of pants is ramie? Jacket is western influenced but pants are traditional.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
button pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.194
- Description
- Lapel pin, button type, round. White ground with blue border and blue "SUBSCRIBER" at top, "1918 / VICTORY LOAN" at bottom. Red-bordered flag is at centre of image, flying from pole, rope visible. Five blue diagonal stripes are at upper left of flag, blue-bordered shield is at lower right, divided into three columns by thin blue lines. Shield also has horizontal red and yellow marks. Flag is shaded and edges curved to suggest movement. "TRADE MARK REG." in white in blue border at bottom. Pin front is formed over a metal back and held by pressure. Spring clasp back doesn't lock closed as pin extends .6 cm beyond edge of button and there is no clasp. Reverse of pin is silver-coloured metal with stamping, "B CO / UNION / -H N Y" ?, symbols ? in circle. Metal of back is tarnished, white on front is yellowing. Image is poorly stamped, making border wider at right and colours in shield are blurred and extend outside its border.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Button, Promotional
- Marks/Labels
- "SUBSCRIBER / 1918 / VICTORY LOAN", in blue paint "TRADE MARK REG", in smaller white paint on bottom edge
- Measurements
- Dia: 2.1 cm
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Advertising Medium
- Wars
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Occupations - War Worker
Images
slicer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26084
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.135.1
- Description
- Chinese herb slicer, wood, with metal blade. Blade has Chinese markings. Some damage to the right front of slicer.
- Object History
- Plane made by Lim Bong for use in the Kwong Chai Tong Herbalist shop at 122 East Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. The business was founded ca. 1915 by Lim Bong's father, Lim Butt (1889-1950) and closed in the 1970s.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Measurements
- 7 cm height x 7 cm width x 27 length
Images
bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26339
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.12.8
- Description
- Bottle, for Chinese liquor; round bottomed bottle with a brown glaze and small mouth. Artifact is fourth from left in photograph.
- Classification
- Container
- Measurements
- 12 cm in height x 4 cm in diameter at the bottom
Images
button pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact32894
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.142.22
- Description
- Badge, button, small. White background with dark brown maple leaf and photograph portraits of George V and Mary. Small piece of blue, white, and red ribbon attached to the back of the button's pin.
- Marks/Labels
- In brown; "WELCOME" "DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK" under photograph portraits of George V and Mary.
Images
chopstick
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39973
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.28.12
- Description
- Chopsticks, wooden; four; with paper bag, white with red "Hotel Lotus" and figures, and border
- Object History
- Donor inherited object from her mother and grandmother, ca. 1994. The Hotel Lotus was located in Vancouver at the corner of Pender and Abbott Streets. There was a restaurant located there in the 1950's & 60's called "Lotus Gardens" that featured Chinese and Western cuisine.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating & Drinking Utensils
- Object Term
- Chopsticks
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40259
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.1
- Description
- Bowl, large, Chinese, for rice; white with dark spots; small chip, discol- ouration on rim; slight brown residue; blue Chinese character on underside
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40260
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.2
- Description
- Bowl, large, Chinese, for rice; white with two narrow blue lines around edge; design of two pink flowers, green leaves; on opposite side is design of green grass and long blade of grass each side; chip; base is soiled
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40261
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.3
- Description
- Bowl, large, Chinese, for rice; white with two narrow blue lines around edge; design of two pink flowers, green leaves; on opposite side is design of green grass and long blade of grass each side; chip, small crack; slight brown residue on rim
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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