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1. Flower Design Sketchbook, 1943-1944 - Sketchbook

   Sketchbook belonging to Yoshiko Yamanouchi. Small spiral-bound sketchbook with 54 ruled leaves and brown cover, hand-numbered in red per illustration (not per page), beginning on the reverse side of leaf 8 as page 1, until page 62. Reads right to left. Pages are filled with sketches by Yamanouchi of floral arrangements in pencil, ink, and watercolor, with notes in Japanese and dates in English - earliest is November 19th, 1943 (on page numbered a...

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Shellwork Basket Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Pin, c. 1942-1944. Pin in the likeness of a woven basket of foxglove stalks. Pin is a flat shell-shaped woven basket made of twine with a braided handle. Sticking out of the basket are 12 wrapped wire stalks affixed with tiny curled shells painted purple, blue, pink, and yellow, or left white. There are also thin leaves made of green grosgrain ribbon. The basket has a slightly concave shape. On the back of the b...

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Shellwork Blackberry Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Boutonniere, c. 1942-1944. 6 stems of wrapped wires in green and brown, joined at the bottom with floral tape, making an arrangement of leaves and blackberries. Two leaves made of mother of pearl painted orange and brown and backed with green fabric. Two stems painted green and twisted into tight curls. Two blackberries made of clusters of snail shells painted purple. Made by Yoshiko Yamanouchi while intern...

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Shellwork Floral Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Pin, November 13th, 1944. Round wood pin covered with clusters of seashells to look like flowers. Outside row of pink clam shell halves. Six clusters of clam shells to look like water lilies in the center, surrounded by tiny snail shells. Three clusters of white shells, and three clusters of 5 blue shells with one yellow snail shell in the center. Surrounding snail shells to fill the space are a mix of white, bl...

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Shellwork Floral Sculpture, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Art, c. 1942-1944. Tiny figurine of a clay pot with man-made floral arrangement. Pot is two-tiered and hand-built with a hole through the bottom, painted ombre yellow and orange with a brown lip. Two floral stems in the pot. One is made to look like a twisting branch of cherry blossom buds with pink beads and white fabric flowers, and green paint on the branch in places. The other is is dark yellow fabric stalks with two ...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Shellwork Floral Spray, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Boutonniere, c.1942-1944. Boutonniere made of shells and wire to look like a small flower arrangement. 12 green wrapped-wire stems, each with a flower at the end, gathered into a loop with floral tape at the base, with a pink ribbon bow around the stems. The flowers are made of tiny clamshell halves painted and glued together. Three are large clusters of pink shells to look like peonies, three are small clusters...

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Shellwork Heart Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Heart Pin, c. 1942-1944. Heart-shaped wooden pin, painted and with shell details. Pin is painted blue with brown stalks and two-toned green leaves. Pink shell details make two three-dimensional roses and one rose bud. Around the edge is a border of white shells. A pin is glued to the back. Made by Yoshiko Yamanouchi while interned at Topaz internment camp in Utah.

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Shellwork Iris Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Boutonniere, c. 1942-1944. 6 stems of wrapped wires in green with three long leaves and clusters of shells to look like irises. Three light blue and three purple clusters of shells painted with yellow stripes to look like irises at the end of the stems. Stems are gathered at the bottom in a loop and wrapped with floral tape. Made by Yoshiko Yamanouchi while interned at Topaz internment camp in Utah.

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Shellwork Lovebird Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

   Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Bird Pin, April 6th, 1945. Small pin with clusters of painted seashells made to look like two doves. Birds are oriented toward each other, but facing out. Some shells have been cut into shards to make the shapes of the wings and tail feathers. The bottoms are dotted with black, with two black dots on each head for eyes and a small red triangle for a beak. Made by Yoshiko Yamanouchi while interned at Topaz in...

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Shellwork Rasberries, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

    Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Boutonniere, October 21st, 1944. Boutonniere made of wrapped wire stems with shell clusters made to look like raspberries tied with a green ribbon. 8 green wrapped-wire stems, looped at the bottom and wrapped with floral tape, then tied around with an olive green ribbon bow. Three stems have mother of pearl fragments shaped into leaves and painted green. Five stems have beehive-shaped clusters of tiny snail shel...

    Record Type: Object

    
11. Shellwork Rose Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

    Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Heart Pin, c. 1942-1944. Round wooden backings with shells glued to it to make a heart-shaped silhouette with a floral arrangement, and a white ribbon wrapped around a tuft of cotton at the bottom. White shells arranged on their sides around the edge. In the center, rows of white snail shells at the top, then yellow snail shells, then a large cluster of pink shells to make a rose, surrounded by pink shells, leav...

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Shellwork Rose Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

    Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Pin, August 12, 1944. Circular wooden pin base decorated with various painted shells made to look like a flower arrangement. Arrangement has tiny clamshells painted pink and arranged in 3 clusters to look like peonies, with shards of mother of pearl painted green for leaves. Three more clusters, each of five clamshells painted light blue and one snail shell painted yellow. Background of unpainted snail shells, a...

    Record Type: Object

    
13. Shellwork Rose Spray, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

    Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Boutonniere, November 20, 1944. Boutonniere made of 9 green wrapped-wire stems with clusters of shell flowers and tied with a pink ribbon bow. Stems are gathered in a loop at the bottom. Four clusters are pink clam shell halves in an open cluster with one pink snail shell in the center. One cluster is a small bud of the pink clam shells. The Other four stems have a row each of snail shells, unpainted white, sepa...

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Shellwork Rose Spray, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

    Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Pin, c. 1942-1944. 7 wrapped-wire stems with white flowers made of shells and two leaves, gathered at the base with floral tape. Two green fabric leaves near the bottom of the arrangement. Five stems with many clusters of two white snail shells, about .5" apart. Two large clusters of white clamshells mounted on rounds of plaster. Made by Yoshiko Yamanouchi while interned at Topaz internment camp in Utah.

    Record Type: Object

    
15. Shellwork Zinnia Pin, c. 1942-1945 - Shellwork

    Japanese Internment Camp Shell Art Pin, October 3rd, 1944. Round brooch made of a thin circle of wood covered in tiny clamshells. Six concentric rows of white clamshells, glued to wood base, with one plastic rhinestone in the center. Backing is embedded with a safety pin. Made by Yoshiko Yamanouchi while interned at Topaz internment camp in Utah.

    Record Type: Object