Wooden Tool
notes: label: Description
content: These ironwood tools were made inside Gila River Relocation Center by Yoichi Asada. He used them to make artificial flowers. Many internees made flowers to decorate their barracks in an attempt to brighten their otherwise bleak living conditions. Ironwood refers to woods that have a unique hardness and density.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Japanese American Internment Era
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0167.05
label: accession number
content: 2006.0167
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0167.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wooden tool
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in; 1.27 cm