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• Tien kleine negertjes
  Tien stereotyperende getekende zwarte kinderen reizen gezamenlijk vanuit Salzburg de hele wereld over. Eén voor één vallen ze af bij aankomst op een nieuwe locatie, allen met een muzikaal motief. Uiteindelijk blijft er één kind over, wie zijn weg terugvindt naar Salzburg, waar één kind is achtergebleven. Vanuit daar sturen ze samen brieven naar de andere kinderen over de hele wereld. Uiteindelijk komen ze weer met z'n allen samen om muziek te maken.
• Vandaag ben ik...
  Handboek voor kinderen hoe je een "zwarte" piet moet zijn, met knutseltips, vaardigheden, hoe je er uit moet zien (gezicht en kleding).
• Sinterklaas
  Geillustreerd boek (zonder tekst) dat uitnodigt om gedetaileerd naar de afbeeldingen te kijken, gaat over Sinterklaas en zijn pieten. Je volgt ze vanuit het huis hoe zij de cadeaus verzamelen, zich voorbereiden, in Nederland worden ontvangen, hoe er hulp Sinterklazen zijn, de cadeautjes worden bezorgd en hun terugreis naar huis.
• 'Roetveegpiet is Genocide' Stickers
  Collage of 5 stickers displaying the words 'ROETVEEGPIET IS GENOCIDE' in block capitals. The stickers were used by a right-wing group to vandalise the mural on the walls of The Black Archives (Zeeburgerdijk 19B, 1093 SK Amsterdam) on the night of 02/12/2020.The words on the stickers are wrote in white colour on a black background, apart from the word 'GENOCIDE' which is bright red font for emphasis. White paint which was used to whitewash the faces on the mural are included on the stickers, even maintaining the fingerprints of the vandals on certain stickers (bottom sticker - top right hand corner).
• Coffee Tin
  Metal coffee tin containing 2x250g coffee packs with illustrated scenes of a coffee plantation showing workers collecting the coffee beans with a backdrop of a tropical environment. Boarders on top and bottom showing numerous varied colour fruits, leaves, and flowers, along with a yellow and white tea pot.
• Framed photograph of "veilig feest voor ieder kind" protest
  Framed photograph of a protest in front of a church. In the photograph, seven figures hold signs with the following slogans, reading left to right: "zwarte piet vrij"; "veilig feest voor ieder kind"; "Eindhoven kan het. zwarte piet vrij"; "veilig feest voor ieder kind"; "veilig feest voor ieder kind"; "feest voor ieder kind"; "ntr neem nu ook afscheid"; "Eindhoven kan het. zwarte piet vrij." Two black men stand in the centre of frame, one wearing a Zwarte Piet is Racisme shirt, one with a yellow safety vest. To the left of the man wearing the Zwarte Piet is Racisme shirt stands a white person holding a phone out to take a picture, wearing a shirt that is slightly obscured but appears to also be anti-Zwarte Piet. The other people in the image wear winter clothing. Beside the church is a barren tree.
• 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.
• 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.
• Baby doll with 'Zwarte Piet is Racisme' clothing
  Plastic baby doll. The boy is black - not caricatured - and wears a black cap, black long-sleeved shirt, and black sweatpants that all bear the text 'Zwarte Piet is Racisme.' On the back of the shirt, there is a panel that reads: "Coloured Goodies - www.colouredgoodies.nl." On each 'Zwarte Piet is Racisme' panel, Sinterklaas' hook is visible between the words "Piet" and "is."
• 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.
• Black Caricature Bank
  Castiron coin bank made to resemble a caricatured black man. His ears are noticeably cartoonish, and his lips are bright red and wide with white teeth. He has an arm outstretched which acts as a lever; when operated, the arm raises the hand to the mouth, causing the 'tongue'-plate to move out of the way and the eyes to roll forward. This hand is also hollowed out in the shape of a coin, suggesting that a coin placed in the hand would easily drop into the bank. The man wears what appears to be a red uniform coat, trimmed in white with three gold stripes on the lever arm. The back of the figure contains no branding, and there is a hole in the bottom of the bank.
• 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.
• Darkie Toothpaste Box
  Cardboard box. The front of the box is primarily white, with a black banner covering the top inch within which is the white text 'Darkie.' The white portion contains, below 'darkie,' the text 'tooth paste.' Below this is a cartoon bust of a black man wearing a tuxedo and top har, smiling wide with pure white teeth. Below this bust is the insignia of the brand Hawley & Hazel Black & White, and at the bottom of the box is the text 'Hawley & Hazel chemical co. ltd." This is mirrored on the back of the box. All other sides of the box are primarily green, and bear the text "Darkie toothpaste." The other long sides of the box read "contains fluoride" and "141gm." The top and bottom of the box read "economy." Inside the box is the full tube of toothpaste along with a newspaper clipping about the sale of the toothpaste. On the top inside flap of the box the following is written in pencil: Brussel Chinese supermarkt auf. '86."
• Ceramic Head
  Ceramic sculpture of young black female with hooped earrings and curly hair, the top half of the head is open and would have possibly have been used for drinking or containing miscellaneous items.
• Koloniale Waren Tin
  Metal tin bearing the title "Koloniale Waren" and tag-line "Met Knorr krijg je de smaak te pakken." On the lid, "Koloniale Waren" appears in a half-inch tall banner in red, outlined in black with four small white lines running through the bottom of the letters. On top of the banner is a grey design with small leaves. Below the banner is a yellow banner with black dots forming the design. At either side of the banner's edge are small depictions of leaves or plumes, with small certificate-like images to the edge of either plume. Below the banner is a shop scene, depicting two women in colonial dress leaning over the shop counter, behind which a man wearing an apron gestures to a box, with his hand on a cylindrical container. Behind the man re shelves of product, and six other containers of product are on the counter. The front of the counter has three small panels on it, each of which has a leaf/plant design. Another man in a top hat opens the door to the shop. At the edges of the scene are two reddish pillars, shaped like bottles with a wide base that holds straight for most of its length before tapering to about half the size in the top centimetre. Atop each pillar is a grey rectangle. At the base of the left-hand red pillar is a small grey pot with a label drawn in black. At the base of the right-hand pillar is a grey box, also with a label in black, on top of which is a wine bottle. The semi-symmetrical design continues outward toward the edge of the box with each pillar edged with a plant in silhouette. There is a bird perching on the right-hand plant and a bird in flight just above the left-hand plant. Outward from these is another pillar, this one more neo-classical in design. The pillar is fluted and at its top has a decorative plant-shape mould, which is the base for the plumes that edge the "Koloniale Waren" banner. At the base of the pillars is a circular orange panel with what appears to be a small drawing of the Dutch royal crest. Below this seal is a vase, which rests on another small pillar, this one more rudimentary in design. Below the shop scene is a 2cm by 7cm rectangular cream panel which bears the "Knorr" tag-line. The word "Knorr" is in red in the brand's trademark font (a cursive style), with a chef's hat above it also drawn in red. The rest of the words are in black in a serif font. At the top corners of the panel are yellow and orange decorative flourishes that resemble flowers. This panel is inside another, larger panel, this one yellow, with a decorative flourish at the top resembling a picture frame. Atop this yellow panel is another panel, this one grey, at the centre of which is an art deco-style semicircle in black and grey. Atop the grey panel, on the left-hand side is a yellow box; at the right-hand side, there is a grey box, a red bottle, a pinkish pot, and another yellow box behind these items. The shop scene connects to this grey panel. At the edges of the "Knorr" panel and its encompassing yellow panel are two identical panels, each white with a drawing of a small cartoon child dancing in red. These panels have decorative flourishes that are more cornered off in style. On the front panel of the tin this design is replicated in its entirety. On the back panel of the tin, the "Koloniale Waren" banner and "Knorr" panel are replicated, along with the pillars and containers, but the shop scene is replaced with an early-1900s car. The car is brown, with black tires and black-and-silver edging, and lettering in white. On the body of the car, half-centimetre tall letters read "MAIZENA", below which smaller letters read "TIL GROD SAUCE - J[unintelligible] / BAGNING DESSERTEN - ETC / DROS - DERFOR BILLIGST" - these letters may be incorrect as they are difficult to read. On the door of the car, there is a drawing of a woman, outlined in black with white fill. On the back of the car, the word "MAIZENA" appears again, with a smaller word underneath (unintelligible). On the back doors of the car is a design, which appears to be a small black circle with a white edge, a gey rectangular bar, and a fluffier cloud shape in orange. On top of the car are several boxes, all white with black detailing. Eight boxes in is a larger box, which bears the word "MAIZENA" in red. Above the word, black letters spell "BRUG" and below "Maizena" black letters write "TIL AL". The neoclassical pillars here on the left-hand side frame a barrel, labelled "KNORR", which appears in a facsimile of a stately home's mantel. Above the arch is a circular red panel with two crossed rifles in it. On the right-hand side, the neoclassical pillars frame what appears to be an advertisement or title deed, coloured yellow, for "ureya's Maizena". The same crossed rifles appear here.
• 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.
• Cardboard Box for Fumistine Metal Polish
  Cardboard box. The box is empty. The sides of the box are black, and each contain the word "Fumistine" in a white panel with black text. On the two long sides, the 'Fumistine' panel is centred, with text to the left side reading "cuisineres, fourneaux" and to the right reading "poêles, tuyaux." The top of the box depicts a black caricature figure at the centre, smiling wide and brandishing a cleaning cloth in one hand and (presumably) Fumistine polish in the other. The man wears an apron and leans over a surface. The word 'Fumistine' is printed across the foreground of the image, as if it rests on top of the surface. In the surface the mirrors of 'umistine' are visible. The man's arms overlap the 'um' and the 'in' slightly. At the top of the image, bracketing the man's head, words are printed: "la pate qui nettoie et fait briller - la fonte et l'acier."
• Chocolate letter 'M'
  Chocolate letter 'M' in cream cardboard box. The letter is made of white chocolate with icing making a smaller 'M' atop the bigger one. Affixed to the letter with icing chocolate appliqué of Zwarte Piet. The box is branded Chocolatier Tosca.
• Chocolate letter 'M'
  Chocolate letter 'M' in cream cardboard box. The letter is made of milk chocolate with icing making a smaller 'M' atop the bigger one. Affixed to the letter with icing is a chocolate appliqué of Zwarte Piet. The box is branded Chocolatier Tosca.
• 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.
• 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.
• Christmas chocolate with blackface
  Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling black person with sack of treats (wearing a green hat).
• Christmas chocolate with a red face
  Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling person with bright red face and sack of treats.
• Christmas chocolate with blackface
  Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling black person with sack of treats.
• 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."