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[Summertime heat and mosquitos, Central Utah Reloction Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.187
DescriptionA woman in a cross-patterned shirt, Mine Okubo, stands in the foreground of an outdoor scene next to a woman covering her face and holding a rolled sheet of paper. They are attempting to protect themselves from mosquitos that swarm around them. Mosquitos bred in Topaz because of the area's nonabsorbant alkaline soil. A man in the distance is also swarmed by mosquitos. Barracks and one electric pole fill the midground.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.
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