1,000 Stitch Sash (Senninbari)
1,000 Stitch Sash (Senninbari)
Previous
Next
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- Kuichi Takei's 1,000 stitich sash, also called a senninbari, was worn during combat in WWII. This item gets its name from its red stitching. This 1,000 stitch sash was made by Kuichi's mother, and was worn when he was drafted in February, 1941. He joined the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd and served C Battery. The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion helped to liberate survivors of the Landsberg-Kaufering Dachau Death March and Dachau sub-camps. All the while he wore this sash. Small coins were sewn into the belt for good luck. The sash was worn folded in half, as it is in the image, and tied around the waist.
- Object Name
- sash
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- metal (inside material)
- stitiched by hand (overall; overall production method/technique)
- white (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 27 in x 1/32 in; 15.24 cm x 68.58 cm x.0635 cm
- ID Number
- 2016.0171.01
- accession number
- 2016.0171
- catalog number
- 2016.0171.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kuichi Takei Family
- subject
- World War II
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
- Executive Order 9066
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
