BROOCH
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1952
- Date Range To
- 1953
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041219
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1952
- Date Range To
- 1953
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.7
- Length
- 3.8
- Width
- 2.7
- Description
- BROOCH IS WOOD BASE CROSS SECTION OF A BRANCH WITH PLASTIC ART WORK ON IT. THE WORD "MOTHER" IS GLUED ACROSS TOP BUT SEVERAL BITS OF LETTERS HAVE BROKEN OFF. THE BOTTOM HALF IS A FLORAL AND SEA SHELL ARRANGEMENT IN PINK AND BLUE.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- BROOCH WAS MADE BY DONOR AT THE AGE OF 13 OR 14 WHILE ATTENDING CAMP OLIVER WHICH WAS AN ANGLICAN SUMMER CAMP FOR TEENAGERS NEAR CALGARY. HER FATHER REV. NAKAYAMA AND THEIR 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
- P19970041219
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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