VHM_0084

Descriptive title
Aluminum Comb
Initial context
Date
1978
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Description

Doc Van Nguyen hand-carved this aluminum picture frame & comb while imprisoned in a "re-education" camps in the Thành Ông Năm, Long Giao, Suối Máu. He collected with aluminum pieces from Thành Ông Năm camp, the first camp he have been. He used tools made out of the metal which he collected from Thành Ông Năm camp to cut and engrave the aluminum. His wife's name Thuận and the initials of his wife and his name Đốc is carved on the back of frame and both full their first name in one side of the comb. It’s is took him six months to finish the picture frame and comb, which was meant as a gift for his wife.
 

Current location
Rights description

Object donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Vicky Tuyền Nguyễn, the creator's daughter.

 

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