Object Details
- Description
- The donor's father made this lamp while in Manzanar Relocation Center. Many internees made furniture and other interior decorations from the limited materials available to them at the camps. This particular object was constructed out of orange boxes, twigs from trees growing around Manzanar, burlap scraps from the camouflage net factory at the camp, and glass from a broken windowpane.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Jun Yamamoto
- ID Number
- 2005.0252.01
- accession number
- 2005.0252
- catalog number
- 2005.0252.01
- Object Name
- lantern
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall; part material)
- fabric (overall; part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 46 in x 10 in x 10 in; 116.84 cm x 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History
- Military
- Cultures & Communities
- Japanese American Internment Era
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1295896
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-6edb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
