Clothes brush with handle in the form of a caricatured woman
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1920-1940s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A long-bristled clothes brush with a handle in the form of a caricatured woman. The woman’s head and body are two, round wood shapes. Her face is painted black with white eyes and a red mouth and she is wearing a yellow hat. A discolored white ribbon is tied around the neck in a bow. Her body is painted yellow. A scalloped edged black collar has been painted around the neck. There are five (5) circular buttons painted down the center of the body. Tan bristles are attached through numerous holes in the bottom of the handle, forming her skirt.
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: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
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: 2007.7.52
objectType: label: Type
content: clothes brushes
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, bristle, paint and cloth
label: Dimensions
content: 7 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (17.8 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm)