VIBRATOR

Description: .1) BOX. RECTANGULAR CARDBOARD BOX IS BLACK WHITE AND YELLOW WITH CUT OUT FIGURE OF A WOMAN ON COVER USEING VIBRATOR. LOGO READS "WAHL HAND-E MASSAGE VIBRATOR". ACROSS FRONT OF BOX IS "LIGHT-POWERFUL-COMPACT-NOISELESS". BOX IS WORN. .2) VIBRATOR. BLACK MOTOR UNIT WITH BLACK KNOB STYLE HEAD AND GREY ELECTRICAL CORD. ALUMINUM PLATE ON SIDE HAS RED BACKGROUND AND READS "MODEL HAND-E" AND "SER. NO. 35110 HC". .3) APPLICATOR. 3.5CM (L) X 4.4CM (D) RED RUBBER BELL SHAPED APPLICATOR. .4) APPLICATOR. 2.9CM (L) X 5.7CM (D) RED RUBBER FLAT SUCTION CUP SHAPED APPLICATOR. .5) APPLICATOR. 3.2CM (L) X 5.5CM (D) RED RUBBER APPLICATOR WITH MULTIPLE RUBBER TEETH IN CIRCULAR PATTERN. .6) INSTRUCTIONS. 15.3CM X 8.3CM WHITE PAPER BROCHURE WITH THE TITLE "INSTRUCTIONS FOR STIMULATING REFRESHING HEALTHFUL MASSAGE". PAMPHLET SHOWS DIAGRAMS FOR USE. .7) GUARANTEE. 13.8CM X 6.8CM GREEN PAPER GUARANTEE FROM "WAHL MANUFACTURING CO. OF CANADA".

History: VIBRATOR BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHOSE PASSION AND HOBBY WERE HEALTH ISSUES. 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. 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: “MY DAD WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR… WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT WHEN HIS FIRST CHILD WAS STILLBORN, THAT CHILD WAS, RIGHT UP UNTIL THE BIRTH, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY, FAT, BUT WHEN HE WAS BORN, THE CORD GOT AROUND THE NECK AND HE STOPPED BREATHING. TRAGIC, AND [MY FATHER] WAS SO HEARTBROKEN, AND SOME MINISTER COMFORTED HIM AND HE FELT THAT THE WOUNDING OF THE HEART IS WHAT HE WANTED TO FOCUS ON. SO HE DECIDED TO BECOME A MINISTER [INSTEAD OF A DOCTOR]. PLUS MY MOM WAS SO DEVOUT, AND HE WAS A METHODIST AND SHE WAS AN ANGLICAN, AND SO, FOR THE SAKE OF THE FAMILY, I GUESS, HE BECAME AN ANGLICAN… [BUT] HE HAD A LOT OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, THINGS FOR HEALING...” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.