Ruby Throated Hummingbird Pin
notes: label: Description
content: This completed ruby-throated hummingbird is an exact copy of the Audubon identification card in the summer box (accession number 2016.0117.056). It is delicately posed on a twig, and the body is small and delicate, with a thin beak. The colors are vibrant and realistic, and there is a bright red streak that is identifiable under the beak. When Mr. Oka was carving birds like this, one of the most challenging parts was making the 2D outline into a 3D form. The curves that Mr. Oka is able to capture is amazingly realistic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 2016.0117.044
label: accession number
content: 2016.0117
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0117.044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm