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Going to Shower on Geta
Maker
Hamaoka, Toshiki D.
Date1945
Made WhereNewell, California, United States, North America
Mediumpaper, watercolor
DimensionsH: 12 in, W: 18 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Charlotte Opler Sagoff
Object number2002.142.17
Description1 watercolor painting on paper: Hues of brown, grey, blue, yellow, pink, red. Women and young girls going to and leaving the women's community bathroom at Tule Lake. On the left is the entrance to the bathroom. Above the doorway is a sign that reads: Women. There is a woman and young girl in the doorway. The woman is wearing a yellow dress and holding a bucket in one hand and the girl's hand in the other. A woman in a striped blue and purple kimono appears to be leaving the bathroom. She is holding a pink towel and is wearing geta. To the right is a woman and two young girls. All of them are wearing geta. The two girls are holding towels. In the background is outline of three people working on the grounds and barracks. The barrack in the center has three chimneys with smoke billowing out of the far left one.
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