Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

RABAT

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

COTTON, NYLON

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.3

Length

45

Width

45.5

Description

BLACK NYLON AND COTTON BIB VEST. FRONT IS PEAR SHAPED WITH HEAVY CLOTH COVERED BAND SEWN TO TOP. BLACK NYLON ELASTIC STRAP IS SEWN TO LEFT SIDE AND STEEL LOOP IS ON RIGHT.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

RELIGION

History

RABAT BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST. BIB VEST IS WORN ON FRONT OF BODY AND WHITE COLLAR IS FASTENED AT TOP. 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

P19970041716

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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