Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

MANMADE FIBRE, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Length

111.2

Width

9.4

Description

COTTON LINING AROUND NECK, PLAIN SEAMS, FULL CUT SLEEVES. BACK HAS EMBROIDERED CIRCLE & GREEK CHIRO SYMBOLS AT CENTRE OF CROSS. FRONT SAME MOTIF, EXCEPT WITHOUT CIRCLE & SYMBOLS. VELCRO FASTENER AT FRONT, NOT ORIGINAL TO COSTUME. HEAVILY STAINED & SOILED. ALPHA AND OMEGA AS WELL. SMALL TEAR AT BASE OF VELCRO FASTENER. LABEL SEWN TO INSIDE WITH MANUFACTURER LISTED.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

RELIGION

History

USED AT ADVENT AND LENT SERVICES. MADE BY GASPARD IN WINNIPEG CANADA. OBLATES ACTIVE IN LETHBRIDGE AREA SINCE 1ST BAPTISM AT FORT HAMILTON BY FATHER SCOLLEN IN 1873. FATHER VAN TIGHEM CELEBRATED THE 1ST MASS IN 1884 IN COALBANKS. THEREAFTER ESTABLISHING A PARISH IN 1886 & BUILDING 1ST ST. PATRICKS CHURCH IN 1887 IN SEPTEMBER VAN TIGHEM MOVED TO NEW PARISH AS ITS PRIEST. THE OBLATE OF MARY IMMACULATE (OMI) HISTORICALLY SOMETIMES CALLED THE BLACKROBES BECAUSE OF THEIR CHARACTERISTIC BLACK ROBES. THE OBLATES ARE RETIRING FROM LETHBRIDGE IN JULY .1990. THIS ROBE WAS NORMALLY WORN WITH A CINCTURE OR BELT SNAP FASTENED AT THE WAIST WITH A LARGE CROSS (12.7 X 20.4) & HUNG BY A CORD FROM THE NECK.

Catalogue Number

P19900013013

Acquisition Date

1990-07

Collection

Museum

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