Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HAND BAG

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOL, COTTON, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.5

Length

35

Width

31.5

Description

RECTANGULAR GREEN AND WHITE BAG HAS CIRCULAR PLASTIC LOOP HANDLES. FRONT OF BODY IS LINEN FABRIC WITH GREEN EMBROIDERY WORK OF FOUR CIRCULAR PATTERNS WITH INTERSECTING VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LINES. BACK SIDE OF BAG HAS THREE INTERSECTING EMBROIDERED CIRCLES, EACH WITH AN EMBROIDERED WHEEL AT CENTER.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

HAND BAG BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA. POSSIBLY MADE BY MRS. NAKAYAMA. 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

P19970041707

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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