Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

WOOD

No. Pieces

2

Description

.1) MORTAR. 12.5CM (H) X 8.4CM (D) CYLINDRICAL WOODEN CUP WITH HOUR GLASS CURVE AROUND BOTTOM HALF. SINGLE HORIZONTAL GROOVE RUNS AROUND MIDDLE OF CUP. FINISH IS DARK BUT WORN LIGHT IN PLACES. .2) PESTLE. 20.0CM (L) X 4.0CM (D) WOODEN PESTLE. WOOD HAS DARK FINISH WITH LIGHT SPOTS DUE TO WEARING.

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

PESTLE & MORTAR WERE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS USED BY THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY AT COALDALE. REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. PESTLE & MORTAR WERE USED MOSTLY TO CRUSH SEEDS AND HERBS FOR FOOD. FROM AUGUST 29 TO 31, 2011 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, JOY KOGAWA, ABOUT HER MEMORIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTS THAT SHE DONATED IN 1997. OF THIS ARTIFACT, KOGAWA SAID: “[THIS] WAS THERE IN COALDALE AND IN VANCOUVER… [IT] WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR GRINDING THINGS LIKE SESAME SEEDS, [FOR] CRUSHING SEEDS AND HERBS…” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041043

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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