Object Details
- Description
- There were many reasons driving individuals to create beautiful and intricate works of art like this papier-mâché bonsai tree. Arts and crafts were important for managing the stress, depression, and anger of imprisonment. This bonsai tree was crafted from wood, paper, and wire at Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1943
- ID Number
- 2006.0167.01
- accession number
- 2006.0167
- catalog number
- 2006.0167.01
- Object Name
- bonsai tree
- bonsai plant
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- iron wire (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 14 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 35.56 cm x 22.86 cm
- base: 3 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 8 in; 8.255 cm x 29.21 cm x 20.32 cm
- overall; part; top: 9 in x 11 1/2 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 29.21 cm x 17.78 cm
- place made
- United States: Arizona, Gila River Indian Reservation, Gila River War Relocation Center
- associated place
- United States: Arizona, Gila River Indian Reservation, Gila River War Relocation Center
- 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_1422908
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-9576-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
