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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel
- 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
- Object Name
- necklace
