Unfinished Wooden Bird Pin
notes: label: Description
content: This unfinished duck shows one of the earliest stages of Mr. Oka's carving process. Materials were expensive so artists like Mr. Oka would reuse as many materials as they could. For the birds, spare wood from shipping crates was often used. Mr. Oka would start by outlining a bird on a piece of old wood, and then he would carve out the 2D shape. This duck is in the process of being formed into its 3D, hyper-realistic form. He would sand and carve in the curves and details of the bird, and transform the piece of wood into a realistic bird. Mr. Oka then would meticulously paint all the different colors and shades of the birds. He used a set of Audubon bird identification cards and an old National Geographic for reference.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arizona, Poston
topic: label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jane Oka
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0117.065
label: accession number
content: 2016.0117
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0117.065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm