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[Mine and Toku sharing a small meal, 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 number2007.62.47
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 on a suitcase eating crackers and cans of peaches with her brother, Toku, in their new living quarters, a former horse stall, at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in boots and plaid dress, a tired Mine sits on tagged suitcase at left, holding an open can in proper left hand while holding a cracker to her mouth with her right. Toku sits on suitcase at right holding open can near mouth with proper right hand while holding crackers in left. An open box of crackers sits in foreground between them. Two duffle bags tagged, "13660 Okubo" and "13660" sit in on floor behind Mine. Crate and straw-filled mattress on spring cot are visible behind Toku.
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