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Art and hobby show, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, stands with hands behind her to view an arts and crafts exhibition of objects created by internees of Topaz. Three-dimensional objects, vases, clothing, and toys, are displayed on tables, while paintings hang on the walls. Three visitors are visible in the background.
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- Title: Art and hobby show, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
- Creator: Mine Okubo
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
- Date Created: 1942-1944
- Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
- External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
- Medium: ink, paper
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.168)
- Context: This is one of 198 ink drawings Mine Okubo included in Citizen 13660, her graphic memoir, which was the first of its kind and captured her experience at Tanforan and Topaz, during the two years in which she was incarcerated.
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