This opium bowl was found in a deserted mining camp in North
Bend, British Columbia, believed to have been operated by the
Chinese before the turn of the last century. The symbols around the
bowl represent the Taoist eight treasured objects. (Chinese)
Vietnamese currency brought to Canada by a Vietnamese refugee
from Hai Phong. Three years after being in a Hong Kong refugee camp
in 1981, he emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario. (Vietnamese)
This plaque represents Saint Volodymyr's trident, the
Ukrainian national emblem from the coin of Volodymyr the Great of
the 10th century. The trident was adopted by the
Ukrainian National Republic as a national symbol of independent
Ukraine in 1918. This specific trident was found in the publishing
office of "Ukrainske Slovo" in Paris, in 1944.
(Ukrainian)
