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[Bathing in tubs, 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 number2007.62.77
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, walks past three women bathing in shower stalls at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine walks in foreground left in a bathrobe with a towel over her proper left arm. Woman wearing spectacles and showercap washes her back with a towel at far left. Nude woman wearing a bandanna in center steps from her geta into a pan of water, while third woman sits on a barrel with her back to viewer as she washes her neck. Pair of geta sit at base of barrel.
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