Cabinet card of sideshow actor Mianko Karoo
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Photograph by
content: Bransby Cooper Pentz, American, 1854 - 1928
label: Subject of
content: Mianko Karoo, ca. 1868 - unknown
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This cabinet card image depicts sideshow actor Mianko Karoo exhibiting his exceptional height by standing next to a smaller man. Karoo is shows wearing a tall fur hat with feather plume and a long, dark velvet robe with floral embroidery along the edges and cuffs. The robe is worn open over an outfit with fur at the chest, fur around the waist, and fur trimmed boots. He also wears large white hoop earrings and has markings on his face. Karoo stands with his proper right arm on his hip and holds his proper left arm out straight, demonstrating the smaller man and his top hat measures beneath it. The smaller man's proper left hand rests on the back of a wooden chair that is to his side. The two men are posed infront of a studio backdrop with tropical foliage and a decorative metal column to the right. Beneath the image is printed [Pentz] at bottom left and [YORK, PA.] at bottom right.
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: York, York County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.9.19
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver nitrate on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Card): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)