BROOCH
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- C/W CASE
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- WOOD, BRASS, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041083
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- C/W CASE
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- WOOD, BRASS, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 2.1
- Length
- 8.7
- Width
- 6.3
- Description
- RECTANGULAR WOODEN BOX OPENS IN HALF. LID JAPANESE WRITING DOWN LEFT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE IS SPLIT. JAPANESE WRITING WITH RED SEAL ALSO ON INSIDE OF LID. BOTTOM HAS BLACK CLOTH COVERING ON INSIDE. HAND PRINTED JAPANESE CHARACTERS ARE ON BOTTOM OF BOX ALSO. BROOCH IS OVAL WITH GREEN FACE. FACE OF BROOCH IS BRASS BASE WITH MILKY GREEN INK BENEATH PLASTIC COVERING. BACK OF BROOCH IS MADE FROM STAINLESS STEEL AND HAS SAFETY PIN CLASP.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- COMMEMORATIVE
- History
- BROOCH BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO), WHO MAY HAVE RECEIVED IT AS A SOUVENIR FROM ONE OF HER HUSBAND'S MANY TRIPS ABROAD. LOIS WAS 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
- P19970041083
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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