pin – Works – Japanese American National Museum

Date1942-1945

Object Namepin

Mediumshell

ClassificationsGeneral Collection

Credit LineJapanese American National Museum

Object number2015.100.153

DescriptionCircular flower pin made of tiny shells. The center of the pin is a large pink shell flower, surrounded by gradually smaller shell flowers in pink, white, and purple. Clusters of green shells imitate leaves; the entire pin is ringed with large white shells decorated with a crosshatched design.