Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOD, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

2.9

Length

23.3

Width

4.4

Description

DOUBLE HANDLED BRUSH HAS TWO WOOD HANDLES HINGED TOGETHER AT ENDS WITH BRASS HINGE AND BOUND TOGETHER AT MIDDLE WITH BLACK COTTON SHOELACE. BOTH BRUSHES HAVE BLACK BRISTLES. ONE SIDE HAS SEVERAL BUNCHES OF BRISTLE MISSING. END OF HANDLES HAS LOOPED BLACK SHOELACE STRAP AND BRASS HOOK.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

CLOTHES BRUSH BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER WHO USED IT ON HIS TRAVELS. REV. NAKAYAMA TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER. 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

P19970041610

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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