50 Winter Birds of Eastern North America

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
This is one of the sets of Audubon identification cards that Sadao Oka used as inspiration and reference when carving his many birds. The winter seasoned birds in this book turned into almost a countless number of small wood carvings that Mr. Oka carved during his forced imprisonment.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Jane Oka
ID Number
2016.0117.055
accession number
2016.0117
catalog number
2016.0117.055
Object Name
cards
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
inscribed (overall production method/technique)
photocopied (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 5 in x 3 in x in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm x .00254 cm
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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
Executive Order 9066
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1812095
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b1db-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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