Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ORIGAMI PAPER IN BOX

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

26

Height

3.7

Length

10.2

Width

10.2

Description

.1) BOX. WHITE CARDBOARD BOX HAS RED AND YELLOW LID WHICH HAS LEAF AND BRANCH MOTIF ON PAPER COVER. PAPER COVER IS TORN AT TOP RIGHT. ON INSIDE OF LID IS PAPER LABEL WITH ORANGE SYMBOL AT CENTRE AND JAPANESE CHARACTERS. .2) ORIGAMI BOX. 2.6CM X 2.6CM X 1.6CM FOLDED PAPER BOX WITH BLUE LID AND BLUE BOTTOM. INSIDE IS PINK FOLDED FLOWER. .3) ORIGAMI BOX. 3.1CM X 3.1CM X 1.3CM FOLDED PAPER BOX WITH MEDIUM BLUE LID AND PURPLE BOTTOM. INSIDE IS ORANGE FOLDED FLOWER. .4) ORIGAMI BOX. 3.0CM X 3.0CM X 1.5CM FOLDED PAPER BOX WITH BLUE LID AND WHITE BOTTOM. INSIDE IS LIGHT BLUE FOLDED PAPER BIRD. .5) ORIGAMI BOX. 1.8CM X 1.8CM X 0.9CM FOLDED PAPER BOX WITH PINK LID AND PINK BOTTOM. INSIDE IS PINK FOLDED PAPER BIRD. .6) ORIGAMI BOX. 2.2CM X 2.2CM X 0.9CM FOLDED PAPER BOX WITH LIGHT BLUE LID AND BOTTOM. INSIDE IS PEACH COLORED FOLDED PAPER BIRD. .7) ORIGAMI BOX. 1.9CM X 1.9CM X 1.1CM FOLDED PAPER BOX WITH PINK LID AND LIGHT BLUE BOTTOM. INSIDE IS PEACH COLORED FOLDED PAPER BIRD. .8) ORIGAMI BOX. 1.8CM X 1.8CM X 1.0CM FOLDED PAPER BOX WOTH PINK LID AND YELLOW BOTTOM. INSIDE IS LIGHT BLUE FOLDED PAPER BIRD. .9) ORIGAMI PAPER. THREE TRIANGULAR PIECES OF PAPER, TWO RED AND ONE GREEN. .10) ORIGAMI PAPER. TWO DIAMOND SHAPE PIECES OF PAPER, ONE BLUE AND ONE BROWN. *UPDATE* AS OF 2011 INVENTORY, TWO PIECES FROM THIS ARTIFACT WERE NOT FOUND. A RED TRIANGULAR PIECE OF PAPER AND A SMALL LIGHT BLUE PAPER CRANE ARE MISSING. KEVIN MACLEAN, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN, SUSPECTS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ERROR IN THE CATALOGUING PROCESS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CURRENT NUMBER OF PIECES FOR THIS ARTIFACT HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 28 TO 26.

Subjects

CONTAINER

TOY

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

History

ORIGAMI BOXES AND PAPER WERE FOUND AMONG THE BELONGINGS OF THE REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. DONOR IS UNSURE WHETHER MOTHER OR FATHER MADE THEM. REV. G.G.NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE 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

P19970041119

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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