Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HERB BOTTLE

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1990

Materials

PAPER, GLASS

No. Pieces

3

Height

13.3

Length

6.7

Width

6.7

Description

.1) BOX. RECTANGULAR BLUE CARDBOARD BOX WITH GREEN AND WHITE MOUNTAIN ACROSS TOP AND WHITE CHINESE CHARACTERS IN LOGO. SIDES HAVE GREEN LABEL WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND "ONTAKE HYAKUSOGAN". .2) BOTTLE. CYLINDRICAL BROWN GLASS BOTTLE WITH YELLOW STEEL LID. BLUE AND WHITE PAPER LABEL ON SIDE HAS CHINESE CHARACTERS. RAISED ON BOTTOM IS "TS", "NO 13" AND "25". .3) INSTRUCTIONS. 19.8CM X 14.8CM WHITE PIECE OF PAPER WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS PRINTED ON IT. PAPER IS FOLDED.

Subjects

MERCHANDISING T&E

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

HERB 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. *UPDATE* ON OCTOBER 18, 2024 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GALT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES APPROVED A MOTION TO DEACCESSION 252 PERSONAL ARTIFACTS FROM ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION. THIS ARTIFACT AND ITS RELATED PIECES WAS ONE OF THE OBJECTS DEACCESSIONED. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE DEACCESSION, OTHER ARTIFACTS DEACCESSIONED AT THE SAME TIME, AND THE FORESEEN DISPOSAL OF THE DEACCESSIONED OBJECTS, PLEASE REFERENCE THIS OBJECT'S PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* AFTER CIRCULATING A LIST OF DEACCESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER TO CANADIAN PUBLIC MUSEUMS, THE ARTIFACT WAS NOT REQUESTED FOR TRANSFER. IN DECEMBER 2024, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEACCESSIONED ARTIFACT WOULD BE DIVESTED OF THROUGH PUBLIC SALE. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR DETAILS ON THE SALE. THIS ITEM WAS SOLD IN AN AUCTION THROUGH TWIN AUCTIONS, STEWART INDUSTRIAL PARK, 335 TRACKSIDE DR, LETHBRIDGE ON DECEMBER 19, 2024.

Catalogue Number

P19970041568

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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