Melted Bomb Metal Spoons – 15.02.014.IMG_LAOS.SpoonsMadeFromBombScraps.DavornSisavath
In Ban Naphia, families melt bomb metals and scraps to craft spoons. They transformed remnants of war into sources of income.
The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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