Wooden Pin, "Tosh"
date: label: date made
content: mid. 1940s
notes: label: Description
content: Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during WWII often turned to art and crafts to take their minds off of the imprisonment, and express themselves creatively. Many art schools, clubs, and classes started popping up throughout many of the camps to accommodate and provide for this want. It was a great way for many Japanese Americans to pass much of the large amounts of spare time they had while imprisoned, and many prisoners developed extraordinary artistic skills. This wooden carving is a small pin with the name "Tosh" engraved in it. "Tosh" is short for Toshi Ito, the mother of Judge Lance Allen Ito. This small pin is a showing of the Japanese American spirit, and the bravery they had while incarcerated.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Jewelry
label: Subject
content: World War II
label: Subject
content: Japanese Americans
label: related event
content: Japanese American Internment
label: related event
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Toshi Ito
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0346.01
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0346.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0346
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 1.905 cm