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ID Code | 1213-0011 |
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Artifact Name | Ivory pipe |
Donor | Tsuneyo Okahara |
Receiving Date | 1976/07/28 |
Size (W×H×D) (mm) | 90×10×20 |
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) | 300 |
Number | 1 |
Location | Peace Memorial Park vicinity |
Description | Masataro Okahara (then 49) was exposed to the A-bomb in his office. His wife Tsuneyo immediately tried to get into the city to find him but was stopped by the ferocious flames. On the 9th, she began searching all the relief station in the city. One week after the bombing, she dug into the ruins of Masataro's workplace where his desk had been and found bones in the position of a person sitting in a chair. The lunch boxes and pipe lay at the end of the outstreched right arm. Stunned by this confirmation of her husband's death, Tsuneyo sank to the ground. |