EGG, DECORATED
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- EASTER EGG
- Materials
- PLASTIC, ORGANIC MATERIAL
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041099
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- EASTER EGG
- Date
- 1983
- Materials
- PLASTIC, ORGANIC MATERIAL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 5.5
- Diameter
- 4.4
- Description
- HOLLOW EGG HAS PLASTIC SLEEVE WITH COLORFUL SCENE OF BLUE BIRDS, NATURE AND EGGS. AT TOP OF EGG WHERE SLEEVE ENDS IS HAND DRAWN IMAGES (POSSIBLY BIRDS) IN BLUE INK. BOTTOM HAS SQUARE PIECES OF PAPER TAPED TO IT FOR STABILITY.
- Subjects
- ART
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- EASTER EGG WAS LIKELY GIVEN TO REV. NAKAYAMA BY A PUPIL OR CHILD WHO HE KNEW IN VANCOUVER AFTER MOVING THERE IN 1980. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER AND WERE INTERNED IN SLOCAN CITY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. FOLLOWING THE WAR THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE, ALBERTA. AT COALDALE REV NAKAYAMA FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041099
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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