Chinese Laborer
Shallow bowl of Chinese manufacture. A grey/blue glaze is decorated on the exterior with two simple bands and the interior contains more elaborate decoration, although the pattern was not identified.

The Chinese laborers documented in the historic record are not well-represented within the 300 Spear Street archaeological record. Although they were clearly an important part of Charles Hare's workforce, it does not appear that they utilized many traditional Chinese consumer goods within the project area. The absence of Chinese household items in the project area supports contemporary observations that many of Hare's employees lived at a Chinese fishing village established on Rincon Point and not within the project area itself.




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