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![[Trimming grass inside living quarters, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/689/preview)
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[Trimming grass inside living quarters, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.108
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, stands in the right foreground and observes a man kneeling on the floor clipping grass which has grown throught the floorboards of the their living quarters, a horse stall in Tanforan. Her brother Toku also watches, while lying on a cot and resting his chin in his right hand. A little girl in a floral dress and short, cropped hair stands next to him in background. Boot sits on ground, right.
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