Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOL

No. Pieces

4

Description

.1) HAT. 7.5CM X 12.0CM GREEN WOOL CAP. .2) BONNET. 8.2CM X 9.2CM LIGHT BLUE WOOL BONNET WITH WHITE BORDER AROUND FRONT EDGE AND TWO WHITE TASSEL TIES. .3) HAT. 11.0CM X 6.4CM BLUE WOOL CAP. HEAVILY FRAYED EDGES. .4) DRESS. 16.0CM X 7.0CM PINK WOOL SKIRT WITH RED AND WHITE TIES.

Subjects

TOY

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

DOLL CLOTHES WERE USED BY DONOR AS A CHILD IN SLOCAN CITY AND IN COALDALE. 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. BLUE WOOL CAP IS MENTIONED IN DONOR'S BOOK "OBASAN". FROM AUGUST 29 TO 31, 2011 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, JOY KOGAWA, ABOUT HER MEMORIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTS THAT SHE DONATED IN 1997. OF THIS ARTIFACT, KOGAWA SAID: “I HAD THIS LITTLE OLD BABY DOLL [THAT] WORE THIS HAT, THIS LIGHT BLUE ONE, ALL THE TIME… THE DOLL WAS LOST SOMEWHERE… I THINK THESE [CLOTHES] CAME WITH THE DOLL. I JUST REMEMBER PLAYING WITH THEM AND WISHING THAT I HAD MORE CLOTHES.” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041222

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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