1,000 Stitch Sash (Senninbari)
notes: label: Description
content: Kuichi Takei's 1,000 stitich sash, also called a senninbari, was worn during combat in WWII. This item gets its name from its red stitching. This 1,000 stitch sash was made by Kuichi's mother, and was worn when he was drafted in February, 1941. He joined the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd and served C Battery. The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion helped to liberate survivors of the Landsberg-Kaufering Dachau Death March and Dachau sub-camps. All the while he wore this sash. Small coins were sewn into the belt for good luck. The sash was worn folded in half, as it is in the image, and tied around the waist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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 Kuichi Takei Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0171.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0171
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0171.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sash
label: Object Name
content: senninbari
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (inside material)
label: Physical Description
content: stitiched by hand (overall; overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 27 in x 1/32 in; 15.24 cm x 68.58 cm x .0635 cm