PICTURE, NEEDLEWORK

Description: EACH PETITE POINT IS A FIGURE IN 15TH CENTURY FORMAL ATTIRE, ONE MALE, ONE FEMALE. COLORS INCLUDE BLUE, YELLOW, PURPLE, PINK, GREEN. EACH FRAME IS BRASS WITH PLASTIC INLAY TO SIMULATE MOTHER OF PEARL. ONE FRAME HAS 2 PIECES OF INLAY MISSING. .1 MALE FIGURE .2 FEMALE FIGURE

History: MADE BY BETTY HUVER. DONOR STATES THAT BETTY HUVER OFTEN TRAVELLED WITH HER HUSBAND WHO WAS A SALESMAN FOR BURNS MEATS. SHE DID "FANCY WORK" AS SHE WAITED IN THE CAR FOR HER HUSBAND TO CONCLUDE BUSINESS IN VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS. BETTY HUVER WAS AT ONE TIME LETHBRIDGE CITY LADIES GOLF CHAMPION. DONOR SAYS SHE WAS TOLD PETIT POINT DONE BETWEEN 1930 & 1950. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTION AUDIT, WHICH INCLUDED ARTIFACTS DONATED BY CORA HASTINGS. RESEARCH CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE AUDIT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN. ATTACHED TO THE ARTIFACT'S PERMANENT FILE IS THE OBITUARY OF HASTINGS. IT READS: "CORA JEWELL HASTINGS DIED IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA ON JANUARY 30, 2011. BORN IN MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1925, CORA IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1967 TO ACCEPT A POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. SHW WAS THE FOUNDING COORDINATOR OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM LABORATORY LOCATED IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. SHE RETIRED FROM THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN 1984." FOR FULL OBITUARY, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.