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[Mochi-making on New Year's Day, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.75 in, W: 14.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.156
DescriptionA woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, observes mochi-making in the camp kitchen. Three men in the center of the room, pound mochi with large wooden mallets in a wooden tub. A fourth man kneels beside a tub of water used to moisten the mochi. In the background against the wall is a line of ovens. Molded round mochi cakes rest on a counter in the left foreground. Three observers stand in the left midground; a man in a headband and checked shirt looks at them from the right.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.75 x 14.5 in.
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