Object Details
- Description
- This object is an example of kobu art, in which roots and trunks of trees provide natural sculptures. Some artists left the kobu looking natural, while others carved or painted the piece to use for other purposes. This particular kobu functioned as a vase.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel
- 1943-1945
- ID Number
- 1986.3144.59
- nonaccession number
- 1986.3144
- catalog number
- 1986.3144.59
- Object Name
- carving
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 8.255 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
- Cultures & Communities
- Japanese American Internment Era
- Title
- Carved Kobu, man and animals
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1295431
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d73e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
