Balancing toy figure of a caricatured banjo player: Museum Object and Cultural History
Balancing toy figure of a caricatured banjo player: Date: 20th century. Type: toys (recreational artifacts). Medium: metal and paint.
The object in the museum catalogue
A balancing toy figure (a) of a caricatured Black man playing the banjo. The man is dressed in a yellow hat and jacket with red and blue striped pants. The head and right arm sway when the figure moves. The figure has a balancing weight attached to the bottom and balances on a metal stand (b).
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 20th century
- Type: toys (recreational artifacts)
- Medium: metal and paint
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2007.7.208ab): 18 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 4 in. (46 × 14 × 10.2 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2007.7.208a): 21 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (53.7 × 14 × 3.8 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2007.7.208b): 9 5/8 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (24.4 × 10.8 × 10.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Caricature and cartoons
- Topic: Minstrel (Music)
- Topic: Stereotypes
- Object number: 2007.7.208ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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