Nature's Place Collection

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Nature's Place Collection

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Items from the Nature's Place collection at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre in Minden, Ontario, Canada.

Collection Items

Gas Mask
One British WWII era respirator/gas mask with attached filter. Mask has dual glass eyepieces rather than a single view screen. On left side of mask is circular rubber protrusion (possibly microphone port?). There are a series of elastic straps which…

Machete
One large metal machete with an attached wooden handle and a homemade wooden sheath. There are a series of etched marks on the blade near the handle which read "MARTINDALE/BIRMINGHAM/MADE IN/ENGLAND". There is also a picture of a crocodile and the…

Drover Coat
One long brown oilskin drover coat. Interior tag is white with red embroidery. It has an image of a platypus and reads "The Australian/Outback Collection/SYDNEY DENVER/MADE IN CANADA/FABRIQUE AU CANADA/M/M/#6101". Interior lining of coat has image of…

Oilskin Hat
One plain brown oilskin wide brimmed hat. Interior is lined with peach coloured satin? material and has a brown leather sweatband sewn around inside. Large interior tag is black with a red oval which has a picture of a platypus on it and reads "The…

Sign
One rectangular wooden sign, painted white, with a red line border and red letters which read "VISITORS/BY APPOINTMENT/ONLY/NO DOGS PLEASE/BOX 47, GOODERHAM, ONT./K0M 1R0". Sign is surrounded by wooden frame, also painted white. Paint is chipped and…

Adze
One metal and wood hand tool. Tool head consists of a large flat blade on one end and a short spike with a rounded shaft and tip on the other end joined together in the centre by a hollow metal square. Metal head is attached to a long curved wooden…

Saw
One rusty metal hand saw with rounded wooden handle on end and additional wooden support handle on top. Saw has been hand painted with a nature scene depicting a canoe pulled up onto shore and a man crouched down and examining something near a stump.…
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