Butsudan-Buddhist altar
Butsudan-Buddhist altar
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- Description
- This Butsudan-Buddhist altar was made from scrap lumber in Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas. Buddhism was among the religions that was practiced in the internment camps. However, it was not formally recognized in the camp or marked with a specific house of worship within the internment camp grounds. This altar would have been kept in the barracks and used privately.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- butsudan
- shrine
- Other Terms
- butsudan; General Collection
- place made
- United States: Arkansas, Jerome
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 1/16 in x 13 1/4 in x 22 1/2 in; 56.03875 cm x 33.655 cm x 57.15 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.3068.01
- catalog number
- 1986.3068.01
- nonaccession number
- 1986.3068
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sam Oda
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- Cultures & Communities
- Military
- Japanese American Internment Era
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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