Wood Carving Tools
Wood Carving Tools
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- Description
- Another one of Sadao Oka's few carving tools. This is a large wedge that he used to carve in details and lines into the three dimensional birds. Tools like this were important for his art because with these he was able to add in details that make them look much more realistic than they would have otherwise. The supply of materials and tools that he and his carving class had was extremely limited due to their incarceration so whatever tools they did have became very important.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- tool
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- orange (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 1.905 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- 2016.0117.110
- accession number
- 2016.0117
- catalog number
- 2016.0117.110
- Credit Line
- Gift of June Oka
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
- Executive Order 9066
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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