PURSE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- LEATHER, LEATHERETTE, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041070
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- LEATHER, LEATHERETTE, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.3
- Length
- 19.8
- Width
- 15.5
- Description
- RECTANGULAR PURSE WITH LEATHER COVERING WHICH IS EXTREMELY WORN. PURSE IS GREEN LEATHERETTE WITH STEEL MOUTH FRAME AND TRIANGULAR CLOSURE. INSIDE OF PURSE IS GREEN POLYESTER WHICH HAS LOOSE STITCHING. LEATHER COVER IS EXTREMELY WORN AND DRY ALONG RIGHT SIDE. LEATHER HAS WORKED DECORATION OF MAPLE LEAF WITH "CANADA". AT TOP IS "TO MY MOTHER" WITH POEM AT BOTTOM HALF. AT BOTTOM IS "LETHBRIDGE, ALTA."
- Subjects
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- PURSE AND COVERING WERE MADE FOR DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO) BY DONOR'S BROTHER TIM FOR 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041070
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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