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Mantaro, Matsumoto

Description: This carving demonstrates the artistic skill that many incarcerated Japanese American possessed. Internees found a way to express their emotions through their talents. Many objects made in the internment camps revealed and represented the resilience of these imprisoned people.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel

1943-1945

ID Number: 1986.3144.14
nonaccession number: 1986.3144
catalog number: 1986.3144.14

Object Name: wood carving

Physical Description: wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 4 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 26.035 cm

See more items in: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General; Military; Cultures & Communities; Japanese American Internment Era

Title: Wood carving, fish and plants

National Museum of American History

Record ID: nmah_1295392

Metadata Usage (text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-be93-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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