Tin chewing tobacco tag with "Black Maria" and stereotypical figure: Museum Object and Cultural History
Tin chewing tobacco tag with "Black Maria" and stereotypical figure: Date: ca. 1929. Distributed by: Taylor Brothers Co., American, founded 1883. Type: tags.
The object in the museum catalogue
This tin chewing tobacco tag has a yellow background with a dark figure on the front wearing an ornate headdress with a red weapon in her left hand. She wears a yellow cloth around her waist and points to the right with her free hand. The text [Black Maria] is in red next to the figure. The tag back is blank metal, with two small protruding triangular shaped prongs, one at the top and at the bottom of the pin. Each prong is folded flat against the metal back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1929
- Distributed by: Taylor Brothers Co., American, founded 1883
- Type: tags
- Medium: enamel on metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 7/8 × 5/8 in. (2.2 × 1.6 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Advertising
- Topic: Caricature and cartoons
- Topic: Stereotypes
- Object number: 2017.11
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hiram-Alfredo Rodríguez-Mora
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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