Mallard Bird Pin
notes: label: Description
content: This is the final form of the mallard that is seen in its previous forms. The paint is complete, the legs are attached, and the details are exact. Sadao Oka painted an immense number of birds, and gave many away as gifts, but he kept one of each of the 62 species in his Audubon bird identification cards. This bird is an exact image of the mallard on page 27 and the cover of "The Red Book of Birds of America". This final product of Mr. Oka's shows the reward of the painstaking detail that he put into every single bird that he carved. Bird carving allowed Mr. Oka to pass his spare time in imprisonment.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arizona, Poston
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 Jane Oka
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0117.088
label: accession number
content: 2016.0117
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0117.088
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: brown (overall color)
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content: orange (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: painted (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm