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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
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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