Wax figurine of a caricatured vegetable vendor
date: label: Date
content: 1935-1940
name: label: Created by
content: Lucy Alfonso Alfaro Rosado, American, 1894 - 1978
notes: label: Description
content: A wax figurine of a vegetable vendor with a basket of produce.
label: Description
content: 2007.7.447a:
label: Description
content: A clear, glass display dome. The glass is one-sixteenth of an inch (1/16") thick.
label: Description
content: 2007.7.447b:
label: Description
content: A black plinth for the figurine and produce basket. The plinth is round and has two (2) round tiers atop three (3) rectangular feet.
label: Description
content: 2007.7.447c:
label: Description
content: A figurine of a vegetable vendor standing on a square, dark brown wood block. The figure is wearing a yellow hat, red and white striped kerchief, yellow patterned fabric shirt, and blue and off-white striped fabric pants. The feet are black. The figure is standing with his proper right arm reaching forward. There is hardened wax on the top surface of the wood block around the figure's feet and in a circle in front.
label: Description
content: 2007.7.447d:
label: Description
content: A plastic miniature of a basket filled with produce. The basket is yellow plastic, with a woven design around the sides. The basket is filled with produce. Identifiable produce includes a head of cabbage and an eggplant. On each side of the cabbage head are three (3) yellow tubular vegetables and three (3) red tubular vegetables. A yellow gourd-like item sits in front of the cabbage, next to the eggplant. Another loose eggplant is included with the basket.
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.
place: label: Place made
content: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Foodways
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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: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
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: 2007.7.447a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: figurines
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: glass, metal, wood, cloth, wax and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.447a): 8 3/8 × 4 15/16 × 4 15/16 in. (21.3 × 12.5 × 12.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.447b): 1 3/8 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (3.5 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.447c): 7 1/4 × 3 × 3 in. (18.4 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.447d): 2 1/4 × 3 × 2 1/4 in. (5.7 × 7.6 × 5.7 cm)