KIMONO
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041769
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.5
- Length
- 145
- Width
- 56
- Description
- KIMONO IS FULL LENGTH ROBE WITH OVER-SIZED SQUARE SLEEVES. KIMONO IS BROWN WITH VERTICAL STRIPES OF LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN THAT HAVE VERTICAL BEAD PATTERN AT CENTER. KIMONO HAS WHITE LINEN LINING AND PURPLE LINING AT COLLAR AND INSIDE SLEEVES. LINING HAS A NUMBER OF SMALL HOLES FROM INSECT DAMAGE.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- KIMONO BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. DONOR RELATES THAT HER PARENTS HAD A NUMBER OF KIMONOS BUT DID NOT WEAR THEM VERY MUCH. 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041769
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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