Smithsonian Exhibit Committee

Summary

Local members of the Smithsonian Exhibit Committee supervise packing of a "zushigame," or castle-shaped cinerary urn, one of 80 items from museum treasures to contemporary crafts in an exhibit, "Okinawa -- Continuing Traditions" part of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibit took place in Washington May 5-28, 1962. L to R: Mrs. Richard M. Look, Ryukyuan-American Art League; Eikichi Yamazato, chairman of the committee; Shinzan Yamada, artist; Matsutaro Kinjo, President of the Shuri Museum; Seikan Omine, artist; and Kaoru Omine, curio expert. Foreground: Post engineer employees who volunteered their services.

Subject

• Look, Richard M
• Yamazato, Eikichi
• Yamada, Shinzan
• Kinko, Matsutaro
• Shuri Museum
• Omine, Seikan
• Omine, Kaoru
• Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

Notes

Other US Army picture in same file show craftsmen at work.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 316 Box 9 Folder 23

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

1962

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Ryukyuan-American Art League
• Okinawa
• Continuing Traditions (Exhibition)
• Okinawa--Continuing Traditions (Exhibition)
• Event

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

94-4415

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

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