Puppet with stand in the form of a caricatured man
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1935
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden puppet with stand.
label: Description
content: 2007.7.233a
label: Description
content: A painted wood puppet with jointed limbs, spring-mounted head, and spring handle at the back. The puppet is in the form of a caricatured man sticking out his tongue. He is wearing a white shirt, blue bowtie, blue jacket with red lapels, and black and yellow striped pants. His feet are painted as if he is wearing white spats over black shoes. A metal spring with a green wood handle is attached to the center of the doll's back.
label: Description
content: 2007.7.233b
label: Description
content: A puppet stand with a round base, painted black and green. The underside of the base is covered in green felt. A spiral-cut, cylindrical wooden pole with a groove at the top is attached to the base behind a round hole.
label: Description
content: 2007.7.233c
label: Description
content: An off-white cylindrical plastic peg. The peg is inserted into doll stand on base, over metal spring, holding the doll in place.
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: 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: Toys and Games
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: 2007.7.233abc
objectType: label: Type
content: puppets
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: Paint on wood with metal, plastic and felt
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.233abc): 13 3/4 × 8 3/8 × 11 1/2 in. (34.9 × 21.3 × 29.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.233a): 13 1/4 × 4 × 11 1/4 in. (33.7 × 10.2 × 28.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.233b): 11 × 8 3/8 × 11 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.3 × 29.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.233c): 2 3/4 × 3/16 × 3/16 in. (7 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm)