Boot scraper in the form of "Mammy"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A cast iron boot scarper in the form of “Mammy" standing on a trestle. The scraper has a large rectangular metal base. Metal ridges rise from the left and right side of the object, and each ridge has a bristled shoe brush attached to the inside. Between the two bridges is a sole scraping blade. A trestle connects the two metal sides. Atop the trestle is a painted metal "Mammy." She is wearing a red dress with a white apron and white shawl and a blue kerchief over her head.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.7.472
objectType: label: Type
content: shoebrushes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood , metal
label: Dimensions
content: 14 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 9 in. (37.5 x 38.7 x 22.9 cm)