24” x 36”

mixed media (rice sack, beads, sequins, stenciled text)

In 1908, Lew Wah Doon was just 18 year old when he entered the U.S. as a "paper son." During his interrogation, he claimed his uncle as his father. He worked at the family's cannery business in Oakland, California. Following a visit to China, he returned to the U.S.