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[Dining in the mess hall, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.90
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, sits at table to eat a meal in a mess hall at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine looks at woman seated to her left while a man and child eat on other side of woman, left. Man in striped shirt across the table guzzles his food from bowl as the child next to him waves a wet spoon in the air; the are flanked by older woman and man.