Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BAR STYLE "CONYBEARE, ALTA"

Date Range From

1905

Date Range To

1927

Materials

METAL, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.6

Length

2.0

Width

5.2

Description

PIN, BAR STYLE, GOLD COLORED METAL FRAME WITH HORIZONTAL LINE AND ‘X’ BORDER, YELLOWED PAPER INSERT MARKED, “CONYBEARE, ALTA.” IN TYPE WRITTEN FONT. BLACK DOT IN LOOP OF ‘A’ IN “ALTA.”

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

ACCORDING TO DONOR, CARLA SAMUELS (NEE CURRIE), AT THE TIME OF DONATION, SHE ACQUIRED THE PIN IN 1991 UPON THE PASSING OF HER FATHER WALTER CURRIE. DONOR HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PIN'S EXISTENCE PRIOR TO HER OWNERSHIP OF IT. SAMUELS WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTEXT FROM HER MOTHER WITH REGARD TO HER FATHER'S ACQUISITION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE PIN. SAMUELS' FATHER WAS THE SECRETARY FOR THE KNIGHTS OF PHYTHIAS (KOP) LODGE FROM THE LATE 1960'S TO THE EARLY 1970'S. IT IS PRESUMED HE ACCUMULATED THE MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF HIS MEMBERSHIP WITH THE KOP. ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY C. F. P. CONYBEARE. CONYBEARE PASSED AWAY IN 1927. SEE P20090021001 AND PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Catalogue Number

P20090021005

Acquisition Date

2009-07

Collection

Museum

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