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Department:

Our Chosen Land

Replica or Original:

Replica

On Display, In Storage, or in a Private Offsite Collection:

On Display

Primary Material:

Stone

Medium:

Medical Grinder

Dimensions:

Classification/Category:

Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Specific Classification:

Medical Grinder

Notable Signatures,

Inscriptions, and/or Markings:

Donated by:

Unknown

Accession Number

1993.016.01

Artifact Date:

A.D. 1800 - 1899

1912-Present

Artifact Era/Dynasty:

Unknown

Creator:

Unknown

Creator Ancestry:

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A Medical Grinder was used to grind herbs and roots into powder. The powder created was used for medicinal purposes for centuries in China. The grinders on display were used by Mr. Louie Gar Shek in his Chinatown herbal store intil 1965. The Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre is grateful to the Gar Shek family for donating these historical items.

Artifact Date:

A.D. 1800 - 1899

Artifact Era/Dynasty:

1912-Present

Creator:

Unknown

Creator Ancestory:

Unknown

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Department:

Our Chosen Land

On Display, In Storage, or in a Private Offsite Collection:

On Display

Replica or Original:

Replica

A Medical Grinder used for grinding herbs and roots into powder for medicine.
一種將藥草和根磨成藥粉的中草藥研磨器。

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Classification/Category:

Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Specific Classification:

Medical Grinder

Notable Signatures,

Inscriptions, and/or Markings:

Primary Material:

Stone

Medium:

Medical Grinder

Dimensions:

Donated by:

Unknown

Accession Number:

1993.016.01

Medical Grinder 中草藥研磨器

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