Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

STAINLESS STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.6

Length

6.8

Width

1.5

Description

STAINLESS STEEL BRACELET IS MULTIPLE NARROW LINKS WITH "SANTA-FLEXX" ON BACK OF EACH LINK. SIX WIDER LINKS WITH PLAIN COVER ARE INTERSPERSED BETWEEN LINKS EQUALLY. EACH OF THE WIDER LINKS CONTAINS A SMALL BUT POWERFUL MAGNET. ON BACK OF MAGNETIC LINKS IS "CLIMANTI" AND PATENT NUMBER.

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

BRACELET BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO), WHO MAY HAVE USED IT TO HELP ALLEVIATE ARTHRITIS. 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.

Catalogue Number

P19970041067

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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