Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HAND PURSE

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

RAYON, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.1

Length

18.1

Width

16.8

Description

HANDMADE CASE IS RECTANGULAR BAG WITH ZIPPER CLOSURE ACROSS TOP EDGE. OUTER FABRIC IS ALTERNATING STRIPS OF BLACK WITH PURPLE FLOWERS AND GREY & BLUE TRIANGULAR PATTERN. FRONT HAS BAND OF SAME MATERIALS SEWN HORIZONTALLY ACROSS MIDDLE. LINING OF CASE IS PURPLE. CASE IS WORN HEAVILY.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

BAG WAS USED AS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM IN DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE LIVING 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

P19970041590

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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