PIN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- LEATHER, ORGANIC MATERIALS
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041081
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- LEATHER, ORGANIC MATERIALS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.3
- Length
- 5.4
- Width
- 4.3
- Description
- LEATHER BACKED PIN HAS SUNFLOWER SEED PETALS AND PLUM PIT CENTER WITH TWO BLACK SEEDS AT EDGE OF PIT. SAFETY PIN CLASP IS GLUED TO BACK.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- PIN WAS MADE BY DONOR WHILE LIVING IN COALDALE AS A YOUNG GIRL. JOY WAS BORN IN VANCOUVER AND MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING INTERNMENT IN SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF B.C. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AFTER LEAVING COALDALE SHE BECAME A WRITER AND LECTURER OF RENOWN IN CANADA. MS. KOGAWA IS THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING "OBASAN" AND "THE RAIN ASCENDS". SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041081
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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