Bird Pin, carved by June Shimizu, Tule Lake, 1944
date: label: date made
content: 1944
notes: label: Description
content: June and Tsuneyo Shimizu were sisters who were both incarcerated during WWII. They were imprisoned at the Tule Lake and Topaz concentration camps. While there the sisters picked up arts and crafts to pass the time and express their creativity. This tiny bird was carved by June, and displays her skill in woodworking. June and her sister would use any materials they could find to make their art, so June most likely found some leftover wood to carve out this delicate bird. On the back "Tule Lake 1944" is written to signify when and where it was made. The Shimizu sisters learned how to express their perseverance through the new art forms they adopted during their time of forced imprisonment.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Tulelake
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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: 2015.0210.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0210
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0210.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.2 cm x 2.8 cm x .11 cm; 15/32 in x 1 3/32 in x 1/32 in