Object Details
- Description
- "Drum Mountains -Ctr. Utah"
- In 1943, Akio Ujihara along with another internee found a large meteorite just 16 miles west of Topaz Relocation Center at the Drum Mountains. The pair was searching for rocks to use in jewelry when they discovered the 1,164 pound meteorite. Ujihara, who had received a degree from Polytechnic Engineering College at Oakland prior to internment, asserted that this was a unique find that should be studied by the Smithsonian Institution. The meteorite was shortly thereafter delivered into the museum’s possession, and is today in the Natural History Museum’s Collections.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Ujihara, Akio
- date made
- 1945-08-27
- Credit Line
- Gift of Akio Ujihara
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- watercolor painting (overall production method/technique)
- pencil (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 11 in x 15 in; 27.94 cm x 38.1 cm
- overall: 9 in x 14 3/4 in; 22.86 cm x 37.465 cm
- Object Name
- painting
- Other Terms
- painting; art/graphics
