1 item set

49 items

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  Kruidnoten packet
  Packet of small biscuits. Packaging is red and decorated with wintertime scene of a Dutch city. Stapled to the packaging is a piece of paper, printed green, bearing the text "Groetjes, Zwarte Piet - Hart voor Den Haag - Groep de Mos."
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  Le bon Café
  Small box of matches with a graphic of a black woman drinking coffee. Her lipstick is bright red, matching the background of the image. The text, top to bottom, reds: "le bon Café - Schweizer & Co Thun & Oberburg - der gute Kaffee".
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  Make up Kit
  Blackface makeup kit including 11mL black face paint, triangular face sponge, and 1.8g tube red lipstick.
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  Makeup Kit
  Blackface makeup kit including 11mL black face paint, triangular face sponge, and 1.8g tube red lipstick.
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  Metal Cigar Tin
  Hinged metal tin used to contain around 100 cigars with wooden-style patterning and a caricature of a young black man smoking a cigar on the top overlapped by the word "Neger", container is decorated by Art Deco bordering and font which writes "Handwerk" on the front, "100" on either side, and "Flor Fina" ('Fine Flower" - In Spanish) on the back.
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  Pastilles tin
  Cylindrical tin with a stamped design of a black slave kneeling and holding up a plate of fruit. The figure is painted white. Around the edge of the lid is an intricate black and golddesign. The words "Tjoklat - Camée Pastilles" are emblazoned on the tin. The bottom of the tin is slightly worn and is stamped with the words "Tjoklat - Fabriek n.v. Amsterdam."
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  Pastilles Tin
  Rectangular prism metal tin for pastilles. On the top of the tin is the same stamped slave woman holding a fruit platter from the prev. pastilles tin, along with the same text with the added words "Nieuwe Pastilles." The same art deco pattern adorns the sides of the box. On the bottom, again the words "Tjoklat - Fabriek N.V. Amterdam" appear.
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  Piccaninny Menu Face Mask/Fan
  Flat illustration of a black face caricature on a cardboard cutout attached to a flat wooden handle by staples, on the back there is a menu for the food and beverages served at the restaurant, along with the name and address of the establishment. Protected by a clear plastic covering which include annotations.
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  Pietenschmink
  Blackface makeup kit including 11mL black face paint, triangular face sponge, and 1.8g tube red lipstick.
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  Playmobil Sinterklaas set
  Playmobile children's toy set showing Sinterklaas mounted on Amerigo alongside Zwarte Piet with a bag of toys and presents. Blue box with informational instructions and drawings of the figurines.
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  Plunoir Metal Polish Box
  Cardboard box. Printed across the four long panels is the same cartoon black woman found on the Samva bottle, also holding a Samva bottle and pointing to the Plunoir label, also in both French and English. There are instructions on either end of the image, one in French and one in Dutch. Inside the box is the full tube of Plunoir. On the top and bottom of the box are the words "in tubes" in French and Dutch.
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  Samva metal polish bottle
  Cylindrical metal bottle. On the lid is stamped the word "PATENT." The bottle is wrapped in paper with a caricatured black woman holding another bottle of Samva Brut. With her other hand she points to the text along the bottom of the paper: "SAMVA VOOR METALEN" on one side, and on the other, "SAMVA POUR METAUX." The French side has a stain over the word "Metaux," rendering it difficult to read. In a banner by the woman's head, the polish brands itself "No. 1." Between the Dutch and French sides, a small banner reads as follows: "SAMVA tel. 3321.60 Etterbeek - Av. de la Chasse - 64 - Jachtlaan." Along the top of the illustration are the words "Bouchage, breveté" in French and "Berreveteerd, stopmiddel" in Dutch.
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  Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet Slinger
  250cm garland with a repeating pattern of Sinterklaas, Zwarte Piet, a gift, Amerigo, and another gift. Zwarte Piet is here a slightly more tanned white person with coal marks on his face.
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  Sinterklaas doll
  Sinterklaas doll dressed in his traditional attire. He holds a staff and a Bible.
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  Small toy car
  Car toy made of metal. The body of the car is blue and at the front window is a cartoon white boy. At the back window is a blackface cartoon looking very distressed with his hands pressed against the window. One side window features a yellowface cartoon, and the other side has two more white children looking out. A Russian word is written atop the car, where thereis also a clock - possibly a compass.
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  The Palmtree Impregnated Safety Match
  Small box of matches emblazoned with a lithograph print showing a black figure in front of several palm trees on a beach. The black figure is holding a sickle and has a yoke across his shoulders with water jugs. The words 'The Palmtree' are in a stylised ribbon, with the text in yellow. At the bottom of the image is another navy blue banner with the words "impregnated safety match manufactured in Sweden" in a lighter blue.
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  Tin of Crocchina sweets
  Cylindrical tin of Crocchina sweets made by Streglia. The tin depicts a young black girl holding up one of the sweets in its wrapper, which also depicts her. It is twisted at the top. The sweets are described as "caramella croccante ricoperta di finissimo cioccolato."
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  Tintin au Congo Figurine
  Plastic car figurine inside a plastic display case. The label reads "Tintin au Congo" and shows Tintin, wearing a pith helmet and British explorer-type clothing, in the car with his little white dog and a caricatured black man. There is a paper foldable landscape in the display case.
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  Wooden Children's Toy
  Blackface caricature wooden rattle with faces on either side (one happy, one sad), red nose that has been pushed either side to create the faces, metal staples attached to create ears that have hooped earrings dangling down which create noise when the toy is moved. Attached to wooden rod which has a divot at the bottom showing it was previously inserted into something else (unknown).
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  Zwarte Piet Cards
  Set of 31 'happy families'-style cards in packaging labelled with Zwarte Piet and a caricature of the blackface figure. The cards depict white children engaged in a variety of hobbies, including chimney sweep, telephone, generic play, playing sports, 'frog on ball' (playing sports in nature?), engaged with food, doing maths/schoolwork, dancing, doing housework, gardening, playing in winter, playing in a lake/river, playing hospital, and dressing up. Each activity has two cards, one depicting a boy and one a girl, with the exception of the chimney sweep, which is a single card with a boy. The cards are intact, with some minor wear and tear, but the box is broken and has been sellotaped back together in several places.
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  Zwarte Piet Cards
  Set of 31 'happy families'-style cards in packaging labelled with Zwarte Piet and a caricature of the blackface figure. The cards depict white children engaged in a variety of hobbies, including playing pilots/airplane, gardening, playing sports, playing boats, playing fishermen, playing tennis, ice skating, reading, mountain climbing, playing dress-up, skiing, and playing in the summer. Each activity has two cards, one depicting a boy and one a girl, with the exception of Black Pete.
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  Zwarte Piet doll
  Small Zwarte Piet doll dressed in the traditional Zwarte Piet clothing in yellow and orange. His hands are out in a 'shrug,' and his left hand forms a point. The arms are articulated at the shoulder, but not easy to move.
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  Zwarte Piet doll
  Small Zwarte Piet doll dressed in the traditional Zwarte Piet clothing in two shades of blue. His hands are at his sides, his left arm slightly out. The arms are articulated at the shoulder, but not easy to move.
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  Zwarte Piet doll
  Small Zwarte Piet doll dressed in the traditional Zwarte Piet clothing in pink and purple. His hands are out in a 'shrug,' and his left hand forms a point. The arms are articulated at the shoulder, but not easy to move.