2021.32
Mrs. Eguia donation – Peruvian items
1 – Black and rainbow patterned wool blanket.
2 – Red, green, and blue cloth with white embroidery. Floral patterns.
3 – Colourful embroidered tapestry featuring men and women fishing. Puno-Uros-Peru
4 – Painted on black velvet tapestry. Features woman dancing and mountain. Cuzco Peru.
5 – Peru w/ crest flag.
6/7 – Headbands with colourful patterns and tan border.
8 – Yellow pouch with colourful pattern.
9 – Blue pouch with colourful pattern.
10 – Necklace with green beads,faces, and coins.
11 – Magenta headband with dancer mini figurines on top
12 - Blue headband with dancer mini figurines on top
13 – 3-piece doll outfit. Includes cloak, dress, hat. Black and rainbow patterns.
14 – Floral accordion garland x 4. Magenta and white. Paper.
15 – Yellow patterned ocarina
16 – Black stone carved arch. Face at top.
17 – Charango? pin.
18 – Pan flute pin.
19 – Flute pin
20 – Drum pin
21 – Accordion garland. Red and white. Plastic.
22 – Square hat. Black with colourful floral patterns. Rainbow borders. Red bottom.
23 – Rainbow fur fluffy scarf
24 – Black and rainbow patterns round hat. Spiky side. Red bottom.
25 – Black hat with golden patterned ribbon. Green and blue bottom.
26 – Vest. White back and pink front with rainbow floral patterns.
27 – Large red dress with rainbow floral patterns.
28 – Stone stylized head.
29 – Black painted stone with engraved Nazca designs.
30 – Laminated image of Machu Picchu Peru.
31 – Green painted clay bowl with bird design (broken).
32-35 – Photos featuring people in traditional Peruvian clothes, dress hanging on wall, and Llama rug on wall.
2021.32
Mrs. Eguia donation – Peruvian items
1 – Black and rainbow patterned wool blanket.
2 – Red, green, and blue cloth with white embroidery. Floral patterns.
3 – Colourful embroidered tapestry featuring men and women fishing. Puno-Uros-Peru
4 – Painted on black velvet tapestry. Features woman dancing and mountain. Cuzco Peru.
5 – Peru w/ crest flag.
6/7 – Headbands with colourful patterns and tan border.
8 – Yellow pouch with colourful pattern.
9 – Blue pouch with colourful pattern.
10 – Necklace with green beads,faces, and coins.
11 – Magenta headband with dancer mini figurines on top
12 - Blue headband with dancer mini figurines on top
13 – 3-piece doll outfit. Includes cloak, dress, hat. Black and rainbow patterns.
14 – Floral accordion garland x 4. Magenta and white. Paper.
15 – Yellow patterned ocarina
16 – Black stone carved arch. Face at top.
17 – Charango? pin.
18 – Pan flute pin.
19 – Flute pin
20 – Drum pin
21 – Accordion garland. Red and white. Plastic.
22 – Square hat. Black with colourful floral patterns. Rainbow borders. Red bottom.
23 – Rainbow fur fluffy scarf
24 – Black and rainbow patterns round hat. Spiky side. Red bottom.
25 – Black hat with golden patterned ribbon. Green and blue bottom.
26 – Vest. White back and pink front with rainbow floral patterns.
27 – Large red dress with rainbow floral patterns.
28 – Stone stylized head.
29 – Black painted stone with engraved Nazca designs.
30 – Laminated image of Machu Picchu Peru.
31 – Green painted clay bowl with bird design (broken).
32-35 – Photos featuring people in traditional Peruvian clothes, dress hanging on wall, and Llama rug on wall.
Fonds contains documents, photographs, photocopies, and maps collected by Arvid Hardin throughout his ten years in Kitimat. Areas of focus include high school life, the Kitimat Army Cadets, and the creation of Hirsch Creek Park, the Kitimat Community Centre, and the Kitimat trail system.
Arvid Hardin (born c. 1941) lived in Kitimat from 1953 to 1963. He graduated from Mount Elizabeth Secondary School in 1959, served as an active member of the Kitimat Army Cadet Corps, and was involved with the creation of Hirsch Creek Provincial Park. Around 2008, he collaborated with E.E. 'Bill' Duyvewaardt and other former Kitimat Cadets to write a 'historical profile' of the Cadets and their activities.
Custodial History
Materials from accession 2009.15 were donated by Arvid Hardin to the Museum on June 10th, 2009.
Materials from accession 2022.18 were donated by Arvid Hardin on May 10th, 2022.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains documents, photographs, photocopies, and maps collected by Arvid Hardin throughout his ten years in Kitimat. Areas of focus include high school life, the Kitimat Army Cadets, and the creation of Hirsch Creek Park, the Kitimat Community Centre, and the Kitimat trail system.
Conservation
Many pages old and yellowing. Staples, paper clips, and other metal fasteners removed from all papers in March & May 2022.
Storage Location
Box 39
Photo storage
Related Material
Artifacts donated by Arvid Hardin include a proclamation (2009.15.6), gazette (2009.15.7), and high school certificate (2009.15.11).
