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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Tammy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It looks a lot like a fancy version of the collars we have around our radiator pipes…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Christine Kashuba<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Mackie Lake House Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>250-545-1019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.mackiehouse.ca/"><span style='color:blue'>www.mackiehouse.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/MackieHouse2012"><span style='color:blue'>Mackie House on Facebook</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br><b>Sent:</b> February-15-17 9:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> bcma@lists.vifa.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Mystery Object<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, everyone!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’re doing an inventory of our collections, and have come across this object. It was catalogued simply as “metal object, good condition.” It was catalogued on its own, so there are no other objects associated with it to help give it context, and, since it came to us as part of a large collection from another museum whose records were “lost” (long story), we have no donor information to help either.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone tell me what this is? Photo below…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tammy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tammy Bradford, Manager</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Creston & District Museum & Archives</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>219 Devon Street, Creston, BC V0B 1G3</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone 250-428-9262</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="www.crestonmuseum.ca">www.crestonmuseum.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CrestonMuseum">Find us on Facebook!</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=358 height=480 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2885A.97D46900" alt=Object.jpg><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>