Deer pin, carved by Tsuneyo Shimizu, Tule Lake, 1942-1945
date: label: date made
content: 1942-1945
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden pin was made by June Shimizu while she was incarcerated during WWII with her sister Tsuneyo Shimizu. During their imprisonment they both picked up arts and crafts to express themselves creatively and occupy themselves during the large amounts of free time they had. They made corsages and small wooden carvings out of leftover materials, using whatever they could find. This particular wooden carving is of a deer leaping over a log, and on the log "Tsune" is written. It has an identical copy with the name "June" on it. The sisters must have made matching pins, representing their relationship and their perseverance.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Tule Lake
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dale Cawley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0210.03
label: accession number
content: 2015.0210
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0210.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.9 cm x 2.5 cm x .7 cm; 3/4 in x 31/32 in x 9/32 in