Tucked into the labyrinth of narrow alleyways in Pate Island's Siyu village, Mama Baraka's house itself isn't much to see, with its cracking clay walls and poorly lit rooms draped with mosquito nets. But one feature in this typical house on Pate, a tiny island off the coast of Kenya, has brought curious observers from afar: A single porcelain bowl.
Researchers began the salvage of cultural relics on Thursday from a shipwreck of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) off the coast of Fujian province, hoping to reveal treasures of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.