Marionette in the form of a caricatured man wearing a top hat
date: label: Date
content: 19th-20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden marionette in the form of a caricatured man wearing a top hat. The man has a black, metal top hat and black shoes but otherwise is not clothed. The body of the man is red painted wood with metal joints. Joints are located at the torso, knees, elbows, wrists, and ankles. The man has a large red mouth and round, white and black eyes. His hands are painted black. His proper right hand has five fingers, while proper left hand has four fingers. The marionette strings are missing.
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: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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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: 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: 2007.7.470
objectType: label: Type
content: marionettes
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, paint, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 32 x 10 x 8 1/2 in. (81.3 x 25.4 x 21.6 cm)