KNIFE, BUTCHER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1945
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041538
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1945
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.9
- Length
- 29.5
- Width
- 2
- Description
- LARGE STEEL BLADE WITH CURVED EDGE. HANDLE IS TWO SLATS OF WOOD RIVETED TO EITHER SIDE OF TANG. ONE RIVET IS BRASS AND INTACT, WHILE OTHER IS STEEL SCREW WHICH IS LOOSE. WOOD ON HANDLE IS WORN AND CRACKED. BLADE IS MODERATELY TARNISHED.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BUTCHER KNIFE WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM USED BY DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE AT COALDALE. 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
- P19970041538
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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