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PANTS

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
HAKAMA PANTS
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
NYLON
Catalogue Number
P19970041939
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
HAKAMA PANTS
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
NYLON
No. Pieces
1
Height
17
Length
89.3
Width
74
Description
LARGE BROWN OVERSIZED PANTS ARE MADE FROM BROWN NYLON FABRIC WITH BLACK PIN STRIPES. PANT LEGS ARE LARGE AND FLARED. FRONT OF PANTS ARE PLEATED WITH 163.5CM LONG TIES ON EITHER SIDE OF FRONT PANEL. BACK OF PANTS HAVE TRAPEZOID SHAPED CARDBOARD SUPPORT WITH 66.5CM LONG TIES ON EITHER SIDE.
Subjects
CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR
Historical Association
PERSONAL CARE
History
DONOR RELATES THAT THE HAKAMA PANTS LIKELY BELONGED TO A FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM JAPAN, JAMES KONO, WHO STAYED WITH THE DONOR'S FAMILY IN THE 1950'S. THE PANTS WERE FOUND MUCH LATER IN THE ATTIC OF THE FAMILY'S HOME. 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
P19970041939
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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