Button Necklace

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Object Details

Description

Unless people imprisoned in the camps could get outside friends to send them supplies, internees had to rely on what they could find or repurpose for their crafts. For example, this necklace was made from buttons that were used on overalls. Approximately 76 buttons were used to make this necklace.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel

ID Number

1986.3144.26

nonaccession number

1986.3144

catalog number

1986.3144.26

Object Name

necklace

Physical Description

buttons (overall material)

thread (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 14 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 36.83 cm x 3.175 cm

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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General

Military

Cultures & Communities

Japanese American Internment Era

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-bd9c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1295404