PURSE, CHANGE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- BRASS, LEATHER (SNAKESKIN)
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041470
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- BRASS, LEATHER (SNAKESKIN)
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 6.7
- Length
- 12.1
- Width
- 2.6
- Description
- GREY, BROWN AND WHITE SNAKESKIN CHANGE PURSE WITH RECTANGULAR BRASS BRACKET AROUND MOUTH. INSIDE IS DIVIDER WITH RECTANGULAR BRASS FRAME AS WELL.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- CHANGE PRUSE BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, BUT DONOR RELATES IT WAS USED VERY LITTLE. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041470
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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