BONE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BUFFALO VERTEBRA
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1981
- Materials
- ORGANIC MATERIAL (BONE)
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041061
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BUFFALO VERTEBRA
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1981
- Materials
- ORGANIC MATERIAL (BONE)
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 4.0
- Length
- 7
- Width
- 3.7
- Description
- TWO BUFFALO VERTEBRA, SLIGHTLY TAPERED. ONE IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE OTHER. BONES ARE POSSIBLY PETRIFIED.
- Subjects
- ARTIFACT REMNANT
- Historical Association
- PROFESSIONS
- History
- BONES WERE FOUND AND TAKEN BY DONOR ON A WALK IN A COULEE SOMEWHERE NEAR COALDALE. THE BONES AND THE WALK THEY WERE FOUND ON BECAME INSPIRATION FOR THE OPENING SCENE OF HER NOVEL "OBASAN" IN 1981. JOY KOGAWA WAS BORN IN VANCOUVER AND MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING INTERNMENT IN SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AFTER LEAVING COALDALE MS. KOGAWA BECAME A WRITER AND LECTURER OF RENOWN IN CANADA. SHE 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
- P19970041061
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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