Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

SEASHELLS, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

1

Length

4

Width

1.8

Description

BROOCH IS FASHIONED FROM SEASHELLS GLUED TOGETHER TO FORM THREE WHITE FLOWERS SIDE BY SIDE. BACK IS CLEAR PLASTIC WITH STEEL PIN.

Subjects

ADORNMENT

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

BROOCH WAS MADE BY DONOR, POSSIBLY AT ANGLICAN CAMP OLIVER, FOR HER MOTHER. 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 MOTHER KEPT ALL THE THINGS I MADE AT SCHOOL AND BROUGHT HOME FOR HER... I MADE SOME SHELL BROOCHES [AT] CAMP OLIVER, NEAR CALGARY, WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13 OR 14." SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041632

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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