Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

MOTHER'S DAY PLAQUE

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

PLASTIC, ALUMINUM

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.4

Length

20.5

Width

15.6

Description

RECTANGULAR PAPER ARTWORK WITH GLASS FACE TAPED TO IT. PICTURE IS OF A COLORFUL BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ON LEFT SIDE AND TEXT SCROLL ON RIGHT SIDE WITH FLOWERS AROUND IT. TEXT IN SCROLL READS "TO MOTHER: POETS WRITE ABOUT HER, SONGS TELL OF HER LOVE, I CANNOT DO WITHOUT HER, IT'S 'MOTHER' I'M THINKING OF."

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

History

PICTURE WAS GIVEN TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO), AS A GIFT FROM HER CHILDREN ON MOTHER'S DAY. LOIS NAKAYAMA WAS ORIGINALLY FROM JAPAN AND WAS A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TO THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY IN VANCOUVER WHEN SHE MET AND MARRIED G.G. NAKAYAMA IN 1926. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF JAPAN'S KINDERGARTEN TRAINING COLLEGE AND WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN VANCOUVER, SLOCAN AND COALDALE WHERE SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY IN 1945. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. NO NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ARTIFACT WAS FOUND.

Catalogue Number

P19970041066

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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