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Excavated at Old Songhees Reserve, this hook is a reminder of the daily cultural practices of local first peoples. It does not show wear, however, halibut caught with hooks of the same design were routinely used. The attached carving indicates a Spirit Helper, which aided fishermen in their catch.
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Lacking the decorative carvings displayed by other spoons in the First People’s Gallery, this Coast Salish cedar spoon would have been used daily at mealtime. Sharing is highly valued to the Songhees; they would often share food with neighbors. This spoon could have been used to eat dried cakes made from Salal berries that were mixed with oil.
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Likely born in a kiln in Jingdezhen city, China, this bowl followed the Chinese diaspora across the Pacific. Found seven meters underground just off Wharf Street, near Canada’s oldest Chinatown. The design represents the four seasons with flowers and a peach in a cradle of leaves at the center. The mark on the bottom signifies an endless knot.
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You can find this bicycle leaning against the stairs near the Majestic Cinema in Old Town.
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"'Lost in Space' is designed to transport its listener into the mind of a blind person. In general, people who are blind or visually impaired tend to be more in tune with their other senses, including sound. Our intention with 'Lost in Space' is to emphasize the importance sound
and the important role sound plays when interacting with the world."
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This soundscape is inspired by Old Town.
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The bottles found at the Johnson Street Bridge site that related to medicine would have come from the surrounding hotels and bars. Like the Maltine bottle in the photograph. This bottle which contains nothing more than malt-barley, alcohol, wheat and oats (non-medicinal) was advertised to cure constipation, laziness, lung issues, and nerve problems
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"As you peer inside the kitchen window in Chinatown's gloomy cobblestone alleyway, you will hear the clatter of glasses, chopping of vegetables and bubbling of oil as a group of hungry men chatter away... a cheerful verse of the erhu melodically strums as a gentle rainfall hums in the background..."