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[Scavenging lumber to build furniture, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
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 number2007.62.137
DescriptionA woman and man, Mine Okubo and her brother Toku, steal lumber at night in order to build partitions and furniture for their room. Toku climbs out of a deep sewer ditch with three long boards of lumber. Mine, in a checkered shirt and jeans, stands above holding another stick of lumber. Mounds of dirt border the ditch.;1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.
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