This listing is for a vintage hand carved bird pin that might be a Takahashi bird pin. It has a lacquer finish and copper wire legs, but has screws on the back which the Takahashi birds usually didn't.
This one is in very good condition..
It would be a nice addition for your vintage pin collection.
After Pearl Harbor, the Takahashi family was incarcerated with other Japanese families in one of the interment camps for more than 3 years. There they began to make the carved bird pins that would end up helping them to rebuild their lives after their release from the camp. (Read the excerpt below from a book that has been written about the family and their craft.)
measures 49mm across
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"After Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans Yoneguma and Kiyoka Takahashi and their three young sons were incarcerated at the Poston III internment camp for three and a half years. While there, the Takahashis participated in a bird carving class deals where they learned the art of carving and painting bird pins using meager materials scrounged from scraps left-over wood that was used to build the camp. From the beginning, the couple excelled at the craft. Upon their release, unable to find work due to the continuing xenophobic attitudes against those of Japanese ancestry, the Takahashis started a home-based business making and selling handcrafted bird pins."
Product code: Takahashi-like bird pin- hand carved wooden bird brooch, deals lacquer finish, copper wire legs, vintage