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[Community mural]
Maker
Muramoto, Walter
Date1944-1945
DimensionsH: 2.5 in, W: 3.625 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.17B
DescriptionMural titled, "Community," painted by high school student, Michi Tanaka, is propped on sawhorses against the wall of wooden building at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, 1944-1945. Mural depicts montage of scenes from religious observances and daily life, including (left to right): weaving and doing ikebana (flower arrangement); women sewing; boys playing basketball and baseball and sketching; women performing some sort of candle lighting ceremony; Christian preacher speaking with raised hands before congregation (central image); couple walking in front of barracks; women in kimono dancing at Bon dance; woman singing as couples dance; people watching a movie. A young woman in short-sleeved blouse and dark pants sits on sawhorse at center right. Image has irregular scalloped border. Appears to be a different version from mural in JANM collection (88.25.125C).;1 photographic print : b&w
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