VHM_0109

Descriptive title

Comb made in the re-education camp

Initial context

"Re-education" Camp

Date

1979

Object type(s)

Personal care item

Material(s)

Metal

Wood

Description

Handmade comb made from aluminum and wood by Nguyễn Tuấn Khánh while imprisoned at A30 Prison Camp (Trại Cải Tạo A30, Đá Bàn) after the Vietnam War, c. 1979.

Collection

Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Donor(s)

Daray Quan Nguyen

Current location

Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Rights description

Object donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Daray Quan Nguyen

Data license

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Timeline

Comb made in the re-education camp origin

Trại Cải Tạo A30, Đá Bàn, Vietnam

"Re-education" Camp

1979

Created by Nguyễn Tuấn Khánh while imprisoned at A30 Prison Camp (Trại Cải Tạo A30, Đá Bàn) following the Vietnam War (c. 1979).
Comb made in the re-education camp leaves Vietnam

United States

In Transit

1990

Brought along when Nguyễn Tuấn Khánh emigrated to the United States under the HO Program (1990).
Comb made in the re-education camp donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Garden Grove, CA, USA

July 24, 2024

Donated in Garden Grove, California by the owner's son, Daray Quân Nguyễn, on behalf of his late father, on 7/24/2024 in Garden Grove, CA.