beaker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact21144
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.33.1
- Description
- beaker; small, clear glass laboratory beaker with pedestal base and pouring spout.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 5.8 cm
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23941
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.301
- Description
- Round, white bowl with Chinese characters and patterns printed all around using orange and green colours. Orange paper label attached with Chinese characters. Artifact is third from the left in photograph. Lid not included in photograph.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters on orange coloured label that literally translate to: "peach" and "dry seed". When adjusted for English comprehension, item is Peach seeds or Peach Kernel/ Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. This medicine is produced from Prunus davidiana (otherwise known as Amygdalus davidiana or Chinese wild peach) and can be found almost everywhere in China. First the pulp of the fruit is removed, followed by the shell of the seeds. The seeds are then removed and dried. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to activate blood and resolve stasis, moisten intestine and relax bowel, stop cough and relieve dyspnea. Symptoms include syndrome of blood stasis; lung abscess and intestine abscess; constipation due to dry intestine; cough and dyspnea.
- Measurements
- 8cm height x 8cm width
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23942
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.302
- Description
- White ceramic bowl with Chinese pattern with Chinese characters in orange and green colours around sides. Orange paper label attached with Chinese characters. Large cracks and area of loss . Artifact is fourth from the left in photograph.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Marks/Labels
- Label in orange tag with Chinese characters which literally translate to: "jade" and "beans". When adjusted for English comprehension, item is Nutmeg. In traditional Chinese medicine, nutmeg is used to astringe intestines to check diarrhea, warm the middle and promote flow of qi. Often prescribed for patients suffering from chronic diarrhea and dysentery; distending pain in stomach due to cold, vomiting and anorexia.
- Measurements
- 7 cm height x 7 cm width
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23945
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.305
- Description
- Deep, white bowl in orange and dark green Chinese pattern design all around. Chinese characters on white label with red border on front and Chinese characters on orange border on back. Artifact is first from the left in photograph. Lid not included in photograph.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Marks/Labels
- Labels in white with red border and orange were attached to front and back. Chinese characters on one side literally translate to: "car" and "front", which when adjusted for English comprehension is Plantago Herb. Plantago Herb is used to induce diuresis to relieve stranguria, drain dampness to check diarrhea, clear liver-fire to improve vision and clear lung heat and resolve phlegm. Symptoms include stranguria and edema; Diarrhea; Blood-shot eye with swelling and pain, dim vision; Cough due to phlegm-heat Chinese characters on reserve side literally translate to: "winter melon" and "dry seed", which when adjusted for English comprehension is Winter Melon Seeds or Waxgourd Seed. Winter melon seeds nourish lung and resolve phlegm, cure abscess and promote diuresis. Sympstoms include: Cough due to phlegm heat, edema, stranguria, dermatophytosis, haemorrhoids, appendicitis, pulmonary abscess.
- Measurements
- 7cm height x 8 cm width
Images
flask
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6541
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.80.9
- Description
- Florence flask. Clear glass laboratory flask. Florence style with round body, long neck and flat bottom.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 20.5 cm
Images
mortar; pestle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25083
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.15.7
- Description
- White ceramic mortar with chip out of rim. Pestle with wooden shaft and ceramic foot.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Measurements
- Mortar: 8cm height x 13cm width x 13 cm length
- Pestle: 23 cm height
Images
scale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.41
- Description
- Black, metal scale with a number of parts including; base, cradle, dish, weights, hanger, support bar, calibrator. Gold font along base reads "Champion". The iron plate of the scale is 24 cm by 38 cm. From the base ofthe scale to the top of the weighing pan is 40 cm high. The graduated bar is 32 cm long and will weigh up to 48 pounds. The body of the sale is made of heavy metal, but the pan support is made of a lighter type. THe post for the weighing pan has four small arms extending up from it which hold in a pivot fashion, the four pins of the end of the weighing arm. They project from the circular base of the arm which also has on it a hook that is depressed when weights are placed on it. At the time of accession, the scale had three different weights two 1.5 lb weights and a 1/2 pound weight.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Measurements
- 35 cm height x 50 cm width
Images
strainer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24552
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1048
- Description
- The round, flat straining portion of this object is constructed of fine wire and fastened to the handle via wire. The metal parts of the object appear rusty. The bamboo handle is stained dark. The handle has a small loop on it’s other end.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Marks/Labels
- No marks or labels
- Measurements
- 90 cm width x 25 cm width
Images
test tube
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact21154
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.33.11
- Description
- test tube; clear glass test tube with cork stopper; tube is empty
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 12.5 cm
Images
wok
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24562
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1058
- Description
- Metal wok with two handles opposite each other. Area close to handles is particularly rusty. An imprinted circle with approximately a 10 cm diameter in the middle.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E - - Labware
- Measurements
- 32cm height x 32 cm width
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