Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PROV. ELKS 1952

Date

1952

No. Pieces

2

Height

1.1

Length

2.8

Width

2.3

Description

PIN IS SHAPED LIKE A CURLING ROCK. TOP OF ROCK IS BURGUNDY AND HAS A LEAF DESIGN ON IT, BETWEEN WHICH IS "C". A BROWN STRIPE, THAT RUN HORIZONTALLY, THROUGH MIDDLE OF ROCK READS "PROV. ELKS 1952" IN BLACK. BOTTOM OF ROCK IS WHITE WITH LEAF DESIGNS, TWO CURLING BROOMS AND A "C". ON BACK, PIN HAS THREADS, LIKE A SCREW, ON WHICH IS A ROUND NUT.

Subjects

ADORNMENT

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, WILFRED REED. ITEMS FOUND WHILE CLEANING OUT HOUSE BEFORE IT WAS SOLD. WILF AND HIS WIFE JENNIE LIVED IN BARONS AFTER MARRYING, WHERE THEY FARMED, AND WILF BELONGED TO THE ELKS THERE. SEE P19990057001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19990057015

Acquisition Date

1999-10

Collection

Museum

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