Object Details
- Description
- Unless people imprisoned in the camps could get outside friends to send them supplies, internees had to rely on what they could find or repurpose for their crafts. For example, this necklace was made from buttons that were used on overalls. Approximately 76 buttons were used to make this necklace.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel
- ID Number
- 1986.3144.26
- nonaccession number
- 1986.3144
- catalog number
- 1986.3144.26
- Object Name
- necklace
- Physical Description
- buttons (overall material)
- thread (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 36.83 cm x 3.175 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- Cultures & Communities
- Japanese American Internment Era
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1295404
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-bd9c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
