White orange blossom shell corsage pin.
Title
White orange blossom shell corsage pin .
JC #
jc25r-15
Creator
Unknown.
Date
1941/1945 .
Format
7 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Description
Made in an internment camp . Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds . When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted , the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet below the ground . After gathering , sifting , and sorting , the shells would be washed and bleached in a weak chlorine solution , then assembled and arranged into countless compositions . Shells would sometimes be carried from one camp to another , especially when internees were transferred to another camp .
Place of Origin
Unknown.
Type
Pins (jewelry)
Medium
artifact
Subject
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh] Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh] Jewelry [lcsh] Found objects (Art) [lcsh]
Time Frame
Internment
Source Type
color slide
Source Dimensions
1 1/2 x 1 1/2
Date Scanned
2004-03-02
ARK POI
ark:/13030/kt4n39q3hn
Collection
From the Japanese American Archival Collection . MSS-94/01 . California State University , Sacramento . Library . Dept . of Special Collections and University Archives .
Repository
California State University , Sacramento . Library . Dept . of Special Collections and University Archives .
Copyright Date
2004
Restrictions on Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Image Format
Tiff
CONTENTdm file name
1213.jpg
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