Object Details
- Description
- These ironwood tools were made inside Gila River Relocation Center by Yoichi Asada. He used them to make artificial flowers. Many internees made flowers to decorate their barracks in an attempt to brighten their otherwise bleak living conditions. Ironwood refers to woods that have a unique hardness and density. For other tools like this see records 2006.0167.03-.05
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2006.0167.02
- accession number
- 2006.0167
- catalog number
- 2006.0167.02
- Object Name
- tool
- wooden tool
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 1.27 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_1422913
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-9577-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
