Barn Swallow Pin
notes: label: Description
content: This is a completed wooden carving of a barn swallow, and it shows the complexities of Sadao Oka's carvings. This bird is very spread out with its wings and tail feathers, and Mr. Oka tried to replicate the color and details of the barn swallow by looking at the Audubon identification card (accession number 2016.0117.057). He used all kinds of small tools to first carve out the outline, then morph it into a three dimensional, realistic wooden bird.
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: 2016.0117.093
label: accession number
content: 2016.0117
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0117.093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: turquoise (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3 in x 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 7.62 cm x 1.27 cm