Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

2

Description

.1) POWDER PUFF. 1.0CM (H) X 9.5CM (D) CIRCULAR ORANGE/BEIGE CLOTH POUCH WITH TIGHT AND THICK WEAVE. SEAM HAS COME LOOSE ON ONE PORTION OF EDGE. .2) POWDER PUFF. 8.2CM X 7.5CM X 1.0CM HEART SHAPED ORANGE/BEIGE CLOTH POUCH WITH TIGHT AND THICK WEAVE. SEAM HAS COME LOOSE ON ONE SIDE.

Subjects

TOILET ARTICLE

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DONOR RELATES THAT POWDER PUFFS BELONGED TO HER MOTHER, LOIS, WHO WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF HER APPEARANCE. 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. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION FOR THIS ITEM WAS DISCOVERED.

Catalogue Number

P19970041519

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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