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Source PagePorcelaneous Stoneware Rice Bowl
Market Street Chinatown, 1880s context
EverydayPorcelaneous stonewareBambooPlumLong life
Archaeologists found this bowl in a redwood-lined trash pit near an adobe building probably leased to the Tuck Wo grocery store.
The exhibit identifies the material as porcelaneous stoneware made in southern China and widely used by Chinese immigrant laborers in California.
Microscopic residue research on bowls and soil samples points to rice, grains, vegetables, meat, and fish in the community's foodways.