pin – Works – Japanese American National Museum

Date1942-1945

Mediumshell

ClassificationsGeneral Collection

Credit LineJapanese American National Museum

Object number2015.100.151

DescriptionFlower basket pin made from tiny shells. The basket is mint green colored with medium blue and white lines to imitate weaving, and a tall looped handle. Three large pink flowers are made of shells, with seven smaller blue shell flowers around it. A few tufts of shells on small sticks stand vertically on the right side of the basket; three small green leaves decorate both the left and right sides. One leaf is detached from the left side.