Title:
A few renovated horse stables
Creator/Contributor:
Hibi, Hisako
Date:
8/1/1942
Identifier:
96.601.5
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Description:
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of woman carrying 2 buckets walking with child in foreground, barracks and buildings to either
side and in the background.
Historical Note:
In the foreground of this painting is a woman carrying two buckets with a toddler following close behind. They are walking
between two barracks along the dirt pathway. In the distance are three children and what appears to be laundry drying on
a clothesline. It is unclear what these buckets may have been used for, perhaps to carry water back to the barracks from
the latrine and shower building. It is known that in most of the assembly centers and concentration camps water, in particular
hot water was a precious commodity. There were often long lines to use the shower and laundry facilities, so that it is possible
that this woman was taking a private supply to her barrack.
Subject:
Assembly Centers, Tanforan | woman | child | barracks | mountains