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BELT

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
KIMONO BELT
Date Range From
1930
Date Range To
1940
Materials
RAYON
Catalogue Number
P19970041702
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
KIMONO BELT
Date Range From
1930
Date Range To
1940
Materials
RAYON
No. Pieces
1
Height
1
Length
200
Width
3
Description
TWO METER LONG LIME GREEN RAYON BELT IS SIMPLY DOUBLED OVER AND SEWN DOWN LENGTH OF FABRIC. 15CM LONG BANDS OF DIAGONAL WHITE STRIPES ARE INTERSPERSED DOWN LENGTH.
Subjects
CLOTHING-ACCESSORY
Historical Association
PERSONAL CARE
History
KIMONO BELT WAS USED BY BOTH OF DONOR'S PARENTS, REV. G.G. AND LOIS NAKAYAMA. DONOR RELATES THAT ALTHOUGH HER PARENTS HAD A NUMBER OF KIMONOS THEY DID NOT WEAR THEM OFTEN. 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
P19970041702
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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