DOLL
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| Nom de l'objet : | DOLL |
| Classification de l'objet : | FUNCTIONAL OBJECT |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | RECREATIONAL ARTIFACTS |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | TOY |
| Matériaux : | COTTON, PLASTER |
| Numéro de catalogue : | P19970041469 |
| Nom de la collection : | PERMANENT |
| Titre de l'exposition : | NIKKEI TAPESTRY VIRTUAL EXHIBIT |
| Culture : | JAPANESE CANADIAN |
| Groupe religieux : | Buddhist |
| Date de début de production : | 1940 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1950 |
| Commentaires : | Doll was given to donor Japanese Canadian Joy Kogawa (nee Nakayama) as a girl for a Christmas present while living at Slocan City during the Second World War. Donor relates that she was heartbroken when they were relocated because she could not bring her dolls. Her parents somehow acquired this doll for her while in the camp. She also related that her mother, who had no place to hide the dolls before Christmas, lied and told her that the dolls were not for her. Donor relates that this was one of the few times in her life that she knew her mother lied and that this shocked her because her mother was known for being honest. The Nakayama family was from Vancouver and was interned in Slocan city during the Second World War. Following the war the Nakayama family moved to Coaldale, Alberta. At Coaldale Rev. Nakayama founded the Anglican Church of the Ascension where he was Rector from 1945 to 1970. A more complete biography can be found in the Coaldale town history book "Gem of the West"(pp.722-23) or see p19970041260-ga./*** Update: The following excerpt is from an interview with Joy Kogawa (nee Nakayama) on 29 to 31 August 2011./Joy Kogawa: "These two dolls, [did I tell] you the story of how I found them in Slocan and was so startled. Well I had had so many dolls, many, many dolls and all kinds of toys in Vancouver and they were kept in a bin in the kitchen. And I guess they knew I missed my dolls, they knew that, and so they got two. And I loved them so much, and longed for them to be real… And of course she was the more elegant one because she had these shiny hard legs./And they both cried, wahhh, you know, you turned it over and this noise comes out. And she had these eyes…/I mourned them. When I was 4 years old I went to the hospital to get my tonsils out, and my mom said when I came out of there that I begged and begged for a nurse doll. So the nurse doll came with me to Slocan, and it came with me to Coaldale, and somehow along the line got lost. And it was just a smaller doll, just a straight doll with all this kind of material. But these were the dolls that I treated as babies. The nurse doll was a nurse. But I guess I was trying to work something out with that. My mother said that when I was in the hospital she brought me a Japanese doll, and that I threw it away. With great shock on her face she would say this. And it must have been some reaction of pain, rejection, anger, being left alone or something, I'm not sure. I don't remember that, but that's what she told me. |
| Hauteur : | 42 |
| Longueur : | 10.5 |
| Largeur : | 19.5 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Lethbridge |
| Province de l'établissement : | Alberta |
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