24” x 36”

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

Gee Seow Hong, aka Gee Ghee Geong (Sam Gee), was 17 when he entered the U.S. in 1912 as a "paper son." He returned to China to marry twice. In 1933, after the death of his first wife, he brought his second wife in as his sister. He is now deceased.