Material Type

Artifact

Date

1983

Materials

COTTON, WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Length

75.0

Width

38.5

Description

WHITE PIECE OF COTTON WITH TOP SEWN OVER A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF DOWELING 1.3CM WIDE AND 0.5CM THICK. THE EDGE OF CLOTH HAS BEEN STITCHED TO PREVENT FRAYING. CLOTH HAS BLUE BORDER WITH FLOWER MOTIF IN TOP RIGHT AND BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNERS. AT BOTTOM OF CLOTH IS PRINTED CALENDAR LISTING JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING DATES FOR 1984 THROUGH 1989. ABOVE PRINTED MATERIAL ARE PICTORAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TRADITIONS PERTAINING TO A NUMBER OF HOLIDAYS. TOP LEFT HAS MAN BUILDING A BOOTH FOR "SUKKOT". TOP RIGHT HAS RABBIS READING AND BLOWING ON A SHOFAR TO COMMEMORATE "ROSH HASHANA". UPPER MIDDLE LEFT HAS FAMILY LIGHTING A MENORAH FOR "CHANUKAH". UPPER MIDDLE RIGHT HAS CLOWN'S FACE WITH KING AND QUEEN FIGURES CELEBRATING "PURIM". AT CENTER OF UPPER MIDDLE IS JEWISH HOLIDAYS IN BLACK CAPITAL LETTERS. LOWER MIDDLE LEFT HAS A BOY WITH A BOW AND ARROW NEAR A FIRE FOR "LAG B'OMER". LOWER MIDDLE RIGHT HAS WINE BOTTLE, BOX, BOOK AND PETAL SHAPED PLATE FOR "PESACH". BOTTOM LEFT HAS A BOY PLANTING A TREE TO CELEBRATE "TU BESHVAT". BOTTOM RIGHT HAS A GIRL HOLDING A BASKET WITH FRUIT AND A CHICKEN FOR "SHAVUOT". AT CENTER IS A WOMAN RAISING THE FLAG OF ISRAEL WITH THREE DOVES AROUND IT CELEBRATING "YOM HAATZMAUT". AT ALL PICTURES THERE ARE THE HEBREW CHARACTERS FOR WHAT HAS BEEN TRANSLITERATED INTO ENLGISH. ALL IS DONE IN SILK SCREEN. IN BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER IS "BIJMAN PRODUCTION 1983" WITH THE COPYRIGHT CIRCLE. IN BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS "HAND MADE IN ISRAEL". A SINGLE PIECE OF WHITE STRING IS TIED TO TOP OF CALENDAR. CLOTH HAS THREE CREASES FROM BEING FOLDED.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

RELIGION

History

CALENDAR WAS USED IN HOME OF ETHEL RODIN UNTIL HER DEATH AND WAS LEFT TO DONOR. *UPDATE* IN 2019 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ROBERT MCHARDY. INFORMATION ABOUT MCHARDY FOUND ON A GRAVESITE DATABASE STATES HE WAS BORN ON JULY 11 1938 IN NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA. HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AFTER ACCEPTING A TEACHING POSITION IN THE CITY IN 1968. HE WAS MARRIED TO FRANCES ANDERSON IN 1968 AND HAD TWO SONS. THE INITIAL DOCUMENTATION OF THESE ARTIFACTS STATES THAT THEY BELONGED TO ETHEL RODIN (NEE DUNN). ACCORDING TO HER JULY 12, 1990 LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, RODIN WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1907. SHE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA WITH HER FAMILY, WHERE THEY INITIALLY SETTLED IN EDMONTON. SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHEN SHE MARRIED DAVE RODIN (DATE UNKNOWN). DAVE RODIN’S OBITUARY (PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1977) STATES HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1929 TO OPERATE THE BUY-RITE GROCERY STORE. DAVE RODIN PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1977 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS. ETHEL RODIN PASSED AWAY ON JULY 9, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES.

*UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING THIS ARTIFACT. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO THE DONOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.

Catalogue Number

P19930055005

Acquisition Date

1993-09

Collection

Museum

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