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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88671
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.43
- Description
- English Name: Pharbitis Seed / Lobedleaf Pharbitis Seed Chinese Pinyin Name: Qianniuzi (QianNiuZi) Physical Description: many small dried seeds, colours vary from light tan to dark brown; wedge-shaped with curved backs, like orange segments; backs have single groove Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Yunnan. Functions: Drains water, frees stools, eliminates phlegm, clears fluid, kills worms, attacks stagnation. Apply to edema and fullness, fecal and urinary stoppage, inverse qi and panting, worm stagnation and abdominal pain, ascariasis, taeniasis.
- Object History
- Collection of original raw contents of the Chinese Herbalist Shop, Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee, Victoria BC, as purchased from Rodney Pain in 1974.
- Reference
- Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. URL: http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=47953&lang=eng&searchword=pid=B00198 Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003; Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia, 2014.
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motorman's stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25715
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.73.1
- Description
- Stool for tram motorman
- Object History
- This stool was taken from the last running tram on the Central Park Interurban line from the B C Electric Railway.
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piano stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34729
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV992.39.2
- Description
- Stool for piano, round, claw-foot type, made by "Thomas Organ Co. Woodstock, Ontario"
- Classification
- Musical T&E - - Musical Accessories
- Object Term
- Stool, Piano
- Subjects
- Musical Tools and Equipment
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stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact310
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.10.1
- Description
- Square red bamboo stool with bamboo supports 2/3rds down.
- Object History
- From Dow Store, Lochdale
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Furniture
- Measurements
- 45 cm height x 22 width x 22 length
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stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23705
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.47
- Description
- stool; wood; dark brown stain
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Decorative Furnishings
- Object Term
- Stool
- Measurements
- H: 58.5 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24627
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1124
- Description
- A small, unpainted wood stool.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Seating Furniture
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91758
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.13
- Description
- Wooden stool with rectangular seat. The legs of the stool are two boards attached to the bottom of the seat go straight down to the ground. There are triangle notches out of the bottom of each board.
- In between the legs of the stool is a small board attached to the seat to provide support and structure to the legs.
- The pieces are nailed together.
- There are two blocks bolted to the under side of the seat.
- Object History
- These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.
- Stool made by Gay Tim Hong. Used regularly for 80 years around the family kitchen table for meals. The family often shared meals with the long time, close farm workers and had a table of 10-12 people for lunch everyday.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Furniture Sets
- Object Term
- Stool
- Measurements
- Height: 50 cm
- Width: 29 cm
- Depth: 26 cm
- Names
- Hop on Farms
- Hong, Gay Tim
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