Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

OINTMENT BOTTLE

Date

1986

Materials

PAPER, GLASS

No. Pieces

4

Height

2.3

Length

9.9

Width

5.6

Description

.1) BOX. RECTANGULAR WHITE PAPER BOX WITH BLUE AND RED PRINTING ON IT. PRINTING IS IN ASIAN LANGUAGE, ENGLISH ALONG SIDES WHICH READS "WOOD LOCK MEDICATED OIL". FRONT OF BOX HAS OPEN HOLE SHAPED LIKE BOTTLE. REVERSE HAS PICTURE OF INVENTOR. .2) BOTTLE. CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS ALONG EITHER SIDE OF WHITE PAPER LABEL WITH GREEN PRINTING. LABEL HAS PICTURE OF CHINESE MAN AND CHINESE CHARACTERS. WHITE PLASTIC LID. "H2" IS RAISED ON BOTTOM. .3) INSTRUCTIONS/ADVERTISEMENT. 26.5CM X 18.8CM GREEN PAPER SHEET WITH ADVERTISEMENT AND PHOTO OF CHINESE MAN ON ONE SIDE AND DIAGRAMS FOR APPLICATION ON REVERSE. AD READS THAT OINTMENT IS CALLED "WOOD LOCK MEDICATION" AND WAS INVENTED BY "MR. WONG TO-YICK". .4) ADVERTISEMENT CARD. 8.8CM X 5.1CM PAPER CARD WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS AND ENGLISH ADVERTISING "THE INVENTOR OF WOOD LOCK MEDICATED OIL MR. WONG TO-YICK" AND "CHINA RHEUMATISM AND BRUISE CLINIC".

Subjects

MERCHANDISING T&E

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

OINTMENT BOTTLE BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. ALTHOUGH CALLED TO THE MINISTRY, REV. NAKAYAMA ORIGINALLY WISHED TO BE A DOCTOR AND CONTINUED TO BE INTERESTED IN THE HUMAN BODY AND HEALTH ISSUES. THIS IS ONE OF MANY ITEMS HE USED OR COLLECTED IN REGARDS TO THAT INTEREST. 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.

Catalogue Number

P19970041566

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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