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
box
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
Images
paper rack
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24667
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1164
- Description
- Rectangular wooden board with string and papers attached.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C. Supplies attached to board were used to wrap materia medica into packets for customers.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 120 cm height x 1 cm width x 15 cm length
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