DOLL

Description: DOLL IS MADE UP OF TWO SEPARATE PLASTIC TORSOS OF FEMALE FIGURES JOINED AT THE WAIST WITH REVERSIBLE SKIRT. ONE FIGURE IS BLACK WITH RED KERCHIEF WITH FRUIT CENTER PIECE. THIS SIDE OF DRESS IS RED BASE WITH COLORFUL FLORAL PATTERNS AND GREEN HEM. OTHER FIGURE IS BROWN WITH LACE BODICE AND GREEN KERCHIEF WITH FRUIT CENTER PIECE. THIS SIDE OF DRESS IS ALTERNATING GREEN AND YELLOW HORIZONTAL BANDS WITH LACE EDGING. THE ARMS OF BOTH FIGURES ARE LOOSE AND OUT OF SOCKETS.

History: DOLL WAS PROBABLY ACQUIRED BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHILE ON A TRIP TO BRAZIL. REV. NAKAYAMA TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY & SPEAKER 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.