box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.794
- Description
- Rectangular cardboard box; bottom of box has green exterior and pink interior; lid of box is covered in marbled blue and beige pattern; upper left corner of lid has rectangular white label containing red Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains characters that are literally translated to: "Guangdong", the town of Huazhou", the name of the manufacturer, "Deshengtang", "best selection", "authentic / local", a place name, "a type of dried pomelo fruit local to Huazhou".
When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "dried pomelo". It is also known as Citrus grandis Tomentosa and Citrus grandis(L.) Osbeck. The fruit is shaped in irregular rectangular pieces and most of them are thin pieces. The surface is a cinnamon brown colour. After storing for a while, the colour will turn dark brown. The fruit is very fragile and the taste is bitter. It cures coughing, nausea and vomiting.
- Measurements
- 4 cm height x 10 cm width x 20 cm length
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1201
- Description
- Rectangular metal tin with round, pressure fit lid. Two Chinese characters painted in black on side.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains 2 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "smelly", "stink"; "pill", "pellet", "bolus". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "naphthalene balls". Naphthalene balls are made from Naphthalene. Naphthalene is an extract of crude oil or coal tra. The "stink" gas produced is toxic, especially damaging to the liver. It has chemical reactions to silk and nylon so that it could cause damage of the fabric. It has same effect of camphor when used to prevent bugs from damaging fabric but less safe to use.
- Measurements
- 20 cm height x 20 cm width x approx 22 cm depth
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1286
- Description
- Brown, rectangular metal box. Small weld seam on the side. Front has a yellow rectangular p[aper label with two Chinese characters in black. The top of the bin is open and there is a brown paper bag visible inside.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Yellow rectangular paper label with two Chinese characters. Label has some damage on left top and bottom and small tear near the bottom right. Text literally translates to English as: " land ground" and "man, fourth". This has been adjusted for English comprehension to: "Violet". Uses: The herb has light scent with bitter taste. It helps to clear the toxin away from the body. It has been used to treat snakebite.
- Measurements
- 21 cm height x 24 cm width x 26 cm length
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1290
- Description
- Metal tin box; rectangular gold-coloured label containing black Chinese characters on short side of box; two metal oblong rings, at either end, on top of box; crumpled gold-coloured paper in box.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "mountain"; "bean". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Skin of Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis." It is the root and rhizoma of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep. It has a bean-like smell and extremely bitter taste. It is bitter, cold, and toxic, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It clears heat and toxicity, removes sore throat and relieves swelling. It is used for abscesses with swelling due to heat-toxicity, as well as cough due to lung-heat and jaundice due to damp-heat.
- Measurements
- 18 cm height x 20 cm width x 30 cm length
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1369
- Description
- Metal tin box with worn shiny gold-coloured finish; rectangular orange-coloured label on side of box contains black Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "sweet"; "orange"; "skin". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Orange peel, Tangerine peel of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae". Orange peel is the pericarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco. It is collected in the autumn when the fruit is ripe. It is strongly fragrant, pungent and slightly bitter. It enters the spleen and lung meridians, and promotes the flow of qi, stops vomiting, dries dampness and resolves phlegm. It is indicated in the syndrome of qi stagnation in the spleen and stomach, vomiting and hiccup, and cough caused by damp-phlegm or cold-phlegm.
- Measurements
- 30 cm height x 20 cm width x 20 cm length
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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box and lid
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1193
- Description
- Rectangular metal box with lid. Chinese characters marked directly on to one side of box in faded, black ink. Some rusted spots on lid and side of box and white tarnish on edges and corners.
Object is first on left in photo.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains three Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "white", "rock" and "fat." When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Halloysitum album." Possible product is Halloysitum album if writer wrote from left to right which is not usually how Chinese is written. Halloysitum album is sweet, sour, astringent, warm; for lung and large intestine meridians. Use: astringe the intestines and stop bleeding.
- Measurements
- 9 cm height x 11 cm width x 13 cm length
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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box of packages
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.654
- Description
- Cardboard box, red and beige in geometric pattern; partially filled with 23 small paper-wrapped packages; label is black with red Chinese characters and a star design; plus one empty wrapper.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains characters that are literally translated to: "send out/emit", "cold", "pill", and "made by Hengan alternative shop".
When adjusted for English comprehension, product is a pill that is mix of Western medicine (quinine sulfate), Chinese herbs, and licorice powder. It is used to treat malaria.
The product is made by "Liang Pei Ji", who graduated from "Guangzhou Boji medical school in China".
- Measurements
- 12 cm height x 29 cm width x 1 cm depth
- Country Made
- China
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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