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