CINCTURE IS THE ROPE BELT USED TO HOLD CLOSED A PRIEST'S ROBES. CINCTURE BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
1. CHASUBLE - BEIGE WITH RED AND BRONZE COLORED TRIM. GARMENT IS OVAL SHAPE AND FOLDS IN HALF TO BE WORN LIKE A PONCHO. NYLON FABRIC IS BEIGE WITH WOVEN MULTIPLE PATTERN OF GERMAN CROSSES INSIDE DIAMOND SHAPES WITH LAURELS AND FLOWERS AROUND IT. HOLE IN MIDDLE HAS FLY OPENING WITH SNAP CLOSURE. HAS ROUND COLLAR WITH RED AND BRONZE COLORED EDGING WITH GEOMETRIC PATTERNS ON IT. CHASUBLE HAS FABRIC CROSS WITH ARMS IN "Y" SHAPE ON FRONT AND BACK. CROSS IS MADE FROM 8CM WIDE NYLON BAND WITH GERMAN CROSSES AND STONE PAVEMENT PATTERN IN RED, BLACK AND BRONZE COLORS. AT CENTER OF FRONT IS OVAL CREST WITH CHI-RHO AND ALPHA AND OMEGA IN BRONZE COLORED STITCHING. CHASUBLE HAS MODERATE AMOUNT OF RUST STAINS.
2. STOLE - STOLE IS 9.5CM X 260CM IN SIZE AND IS NARROW AT MIDDLE AND TAPERS WIDER AT ENDS. FABRIC IS BEIGE AND SAME PATTERN AS CHASUBLE. STOLE HAS DEEP RED NYLON LINING AND COTTON LACE COLLAR ALONG MIDDLE. STOLE HAS GOLD COLORED NYLON TASSELS AT ENDS WITH RED, BLACK AND BRONZE BORDER. ALSO HAS THREE CROSSES SEWN TO IT IN SAME MATERIAL AS BORDER, ONE ON EACH END AND ONE IN MIDDLE.
CHASUBLE AND STOLE WERE REMOVED FROM THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
1. CHASUBLE: 125 X 115CM GREEN CHASUBLE IS OVAL SHAPE CLOTH THAT FOLDS IN HALF TO BE WORN LIKE A PONCHO. CHASUBLE IS GREEN FABRIC SHELL WITH BRONZE COLORED LINING. GREEN FABRIC HAS WOVEN PATTERN OF MULTIPLE CHI-RHO AND CROSSES. HAS ROUND COLLAR WITH NYLON BORDER WHICH IS RED AND BROWN WITH GOLD COLORED CROSS AND DIAMOND PATTERN. BACK HAS FLY OPENING WITH SNAP CLOSURE. FRONT AND BACK HAVE SEWN CROSSES WITH RAISED ARMS TO MAKE "Y" SHAPE. CROSS IS MADE FROM 9 CM WIDE EMBROIDERED BAND WITH GEOMTRIC PATTERNS IN BROWN, GOLD AND GREEN. CENTER CREST ON BREAST IS BROWN "Y" SHAPED CROSS WITH DESCENDING WHITE DOVE AND HAND HOLDING TWO FINGERS DOWN. GREEN ARMS OF CROSS EXTEND FROM HAND.
2. STOLE: 266 X 9CM NYLON STOLE IS MADE OF SAME MATERIAL AS CHASUBLE WITH IDENTICAL LINING AND BORDER MATERIAL. STOLE IS NARROW IN MIDDLE AND WIDENS AT ENDS. ENDS HAVE BORDER AND BROWN NYLON TASSELS. MIDDLE HAS WHITE COTTON LACE COLLAR SEWN TO SIDE. MIDDLE ALSO HAS CROSS MADE OF BORDER MATERIAL. NEAR EACH END OF STOLE IS GOLD COLORED EMBROIDERED FRENCH CROSS.
CHASUBLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
1. CHASUBLE: 127.5 X 115.5CM RED NYLON CHASUBLE IS OVAL SHAPED WITH HOLE IN MIDDLE AND IS WORN PONCHO STYLE. HAS ROUND COLLAR WITH FLY OPENING AT BACK AND SNAP CLOSURE. COLLAR HAS EMBROIDERED BORDER THAT IS GREEN WITH YELLOW DOWN CENTER WITH CROSS AND DIAMOND PATTERN. ON FRONT AND BACK IS SEWN EMBROIDERY CROSS WITH LIFTED ARMS TO FORM "Y" CROSS. EMBRODERED BAND HAS GOLD CELTIC CROSSES WITH RED BACKGROUND AND CHAIN LINK DECORATION BETWEEN CROSSES. CENTER CREST IS GOLD CIRCLE WITH GREEN EDGE THAT HAS WHITE DESCENDING DOVE IN RED CROSS.
2. STOLE - 113 X 10.8CM STOLE IS SAME MATERIAL AS CHASUBLE WITH CURVED NECK AND GOLD TASSELS ON ENDS THAT ARE FADED. STOLE HAS WHITE COTTON COLLAR WITH LACE. AT COLLAR AND ON EACH END OF STOLE IS SEWN CROSS MADE OF STRIPS OF EMBROIDERED MATERIAL. EACH STRIP IS RED BACKGROUND WITH GOLD EDGING AND DIAMOND & FLOWER PATTERN.
CHASUBLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.