BROOCH
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- TIN, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041279
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- TIN, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.5
- Length
- 5.5
- Width
- 3.7
- Description
- BROOCH IS SILVER PAINTED TIN FLOWER WITH WHITE PLASTIC SPHERE AT CENTER OF FLOWER. SILVER COLORING IS BADLY WORN.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- BROOCH BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO), WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM JAPAN AND WAS A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TO THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY IN VANCOUVER WHEN SHE MET AND MARRIED G.G. NAKAYAMA IN 1926. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF JAPAN'S KINDERGARTEN TRAINING COLLEGE AND WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN VANCOUVER, SLOCAN AND COALDALE WHERE SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY IN 1945. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041279
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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