My name is Rachael Sapp
and I am a graduate student in
the Historical Administration program at Eastern Illinois University. I am working on a term project involving two silk scarves my grandfather brought back from the Philippines during WWII. Both scarves were drawn on by Japanese prisoners of war during 1946.
I have done some research on these scarves and have very little information about them, save one example I discovered in the Australian National Maritime Museum
and a few examples on WWII bloodspots.
I am curious to know if anyone might be able to shed some light on these scarves or types of Japanese POW artworks? If
you are unable to provide more information, do you know of anyone or any resource that I could go to for researching them? Thank you so much for you time and I look forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Rachael Sapp
Eastern Illinois University
Graduate Assistant