Drum Mountain Center, Utah
date: label: date made
content: 1945-08-27
name: label: maker
content: Ujihara, Akio
notes: label: Description
content: "Drum Mountains -Ctr. Utah"
label: Description
content: In 1943, Akio Ujihara along with another internee found a large meteorite just 16 miles west of Topaz Relocation Center at the Drum Mountains. The pair was searching for rocks to use in jewelry when they discovered the 1,164 pound meteorite. Ujihara, who had received a degree from Polytechnic Engineering College at Oakland prior to internment, asserted that this was a unique find that should be studied by the Smithsonian Institution. The meteorite was shortly thereafter delivered into the museum’s possession, and is today in the Natural History Museum’s Collections.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Utah, Topaz War Relocation Center
label: associated place; depicted
content: United States: Utah, Topaz War Relocation Center
title: label: Title
content: Drum Mountain Center, Utah
topic: label: content outlines
content: Prisoners of War
label: depicted
content: Trees
label: depicted
content: Flowers
label: depicted
content: Landscape
label: content outlines
content: Politics
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
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content: Japanese American Internment Era
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Akio Ujihara
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3047.10
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3047.10
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3047
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Other Terms
content: painting; art/graphics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor painting (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 11 in x 15 in; 27.94 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 14 3/4 in; 22.86 cm x 37.465 cm