Banania Hot Chocolate Tin
Senegalese Rifleman
Rectangle-topped yellow metal tin containing 1kg hot chocolate powder, illustrations of a black man, and instructions on how to use
Banania
The Black Archives
c.1914?
Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the obscure history of portraying Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archive material and visual art, we show how anti-black racism became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas, customs and utensils. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been 'everyday resistance' to various forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.
Hot Chocolate Tin
Metal Tin
TBAFB0005
Spoon, Hat, Pan, Cooker, Cup, Box with Writing
Playmobil Sinterklaas Set
Zwarte Piet, Sinterklaas, Amerigo
Playmobil 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.
Playmobil
The Black Archives
c.2009
Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the obscure history of portraying Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archive material and visual art, we show how anti-black racism became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas, customs and utensils. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been 'everyday resistance' to various forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.
Children's Toy Set
Plastic Toys
TBADC0007
Sack, Basketball, Doll, Guitar, Staff, Book
The Palmtree Impregnated Safety Match
Black Slave
Small box of matches emblazoned with a Black figure in front of several palmtrees 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.
The Black Archives
c.1930s
Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the obscure history of portraying Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archive material and visual art, we show how anti-black racism became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas, customs and utensils. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been 'everyday resistance' to various forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.
Box of Matches
Cardboard Box
TBADC0006
Palmt Tees, Sickle, Sand, Beach, Yoke, Water Jugs
Robertson's Redcurrant Jelly Jar
Golliwog, Black Caricature
225g glass jar of Robertson's Redcurrant Jelly, illustration of a golliwog on the label and lid, ingredient list. The Jolly Golly/Golliwog figure was created by Florence Kate Upton in 1895. She illustrated a book called Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwog. The Robertson brand made the image of a golliwog widespread in British culture after its initial use as a brand emblem from 1910 onwards.
Robertson's
The Black Archives
c. 1960s?
Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the obscure history of portraying Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archive material and visual art, we show how anti-black racism became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas, customs and utensils. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been 'everyday resistance' to various forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.
Glass Jar
TBADC0005
Suit, Waistcoat, Bowtie, Trousers, Buttons, fruit, barcode
Afrikaner' Theatre Make-Up Kit
Black Caricature, African Woman, Black Woman,
Perspex plastic box containing make-up paints and crayons to be used for blackfacing. The kit is sealed using a red, white, and black paper sticker with the bust of a caricatured 'Afrikaner' character smiling on the front with gold-hooped earrings, bright red lips, and afro, and neck rings. The company name "Fantasy" is situated to the top right of the sticker in italicised font, also including the company details "FKW Keller GmbH" and location of production "Bochum, Germany", along with the chemical ingredients used to create the make-up. On the back of the box is another sticker containing the barcode and item number of the make-up kit.
FKW Keller GmbH
The Black Archives
Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the obscure history of portraying Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archive material and visual art, we show how anti-black racism became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas, customs and utensils. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been 'everyday resistance' to various forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.
Theatre Make-Up Kit
Plastic Box
TBADC0004
Documenta 2022
"Ruangrupa" is the Artistic Direction of the fifteenth edition of Documenta. The Jakarta-based artists’ collective has built the foundation of their Documenta fifteen on the core values and ideas of lumbung (Indonesian term for a communal rice barn). lumbung as an artistic and economic model is rooted in principles such as collectivity, communal resource sharing, and equal allocation, and is embodied in all parts of the collaboration and the exhibition.
Documenta
The Black Archives
Jun 18, 2022 – Sep 25, 2022
Contemporary Art Exhibition
English
TBADC0000
Sarotti Moor Sculpture
Black Child, Young Boy, Moorish Boy
Polyresin sculpture depicting a dark-skinned boy carrying a golden coloured tray in line with the symbolic imagery typical of Blackamoor figures. The figure is dressed ornately from head-to-toe with vibrant colours and an outfit that seems inspired by Moorish culture and stylings. He wears a bright blue coat with a white buttoned-up shirt, long white gloves, and tailcoats that extend out behind him in a manner which implies the figure is moving forward rapidly. The figure also wears red haram pants decorated with brown/golden stars which match his Moorish shoes ('Balgha') which are painted with the same colour as the tray and the golden stars. The figure is crowned with a blue, red, and golden turban which is decorated with a golden plate at the front with the letter "S" (Sarotti-Mohr) and a crest of feathers emerging over the top of this. The entire figure is fixed upon a larger base painted white with black flanks - on the underside of the base is written "€85" in pencil. Chocolate would have been placed on the tray of the statue as a form of advertising.
Sarotti-Mohr (Julius Gipkens)
The Black Archives
c.1930's?
Documenta 2022
Sculpture
TBADC0001
Suit, Shirt, Top-Hat, Trousers, Shoes, Tray, Turban, Gloves
Sarotti Praline Tin
Moor, Black Child, Moorish Child
Metal tin used to contain Sarotti Praline Chocolates. The top of the tin includes an scene of five caricatured Moor figures rowing in an eastern-style riverboat down a river dressed in traditional orientalised/Moorish dress. This scene is set against a mustard yellow background adorned with art nouveau border decorations on all four corners of the tin-top. The brand name is printed below this image in italicised red font along with the words "Pralinen Classic Edition No.4 [...] Eine Exquisite Mischung Feinster Pralinen [...] MohrenMotiv Um 1952".
All four sides of the tin show the exact same words on the top with a solitary Sarotti figure holding a flag rather than an oar. The bottom of the tin contains ingredients information about the chocolate and a guide detailing the difference between each chocolate.
Sarotti-Mohr (Julius Gipkens)
The Black Archives
c.1952
Praline Tin
German
Metal Tin
TBADC0002
Suit, Shirt, Trousers, Shoes, Turban, Gloves, Oar, Chocolates, Pralines, Flag
Sarotti Toy Car
Moor, Black Child, Moorish Child
Metal and plastic toy car contained in clear perspex and cardboard packaging. The model depicts a 1935 Morris Parcels Van toy produced in partnership with the Sarotti chocolate company as a form of advertising. It features three Moor caricature figures printed on the side of the white delivery van showing them dressed in traditional Orientalised clothing, each holding trays which are intended to hold the Sarotti chocolates in a style similar to other Sarotti products. On the roof of the toy van are the words "Eine Exquisite Mischung Feinster Pralinen" followed by the name of the company "Sarotti" in italicised font.
The outside of the box contains information about where the toy was made "Made in England", the name of the toy manufacturer "Days Gone", and the name of the toy collection "Premier Collection" (written in italics). There is also a sticker on the front of the box "€3"
Sarotti-Mohr (Julius Gipkens)
The Black Archives
c.1952
Toy Car
German
Toy Car
TBADC0003
Suit, Shirt, Trousers, Shoes, Turban, Gloves, Oar, Chocolates, Pralines, Flag, Van
Mekka Cardboard Tobacco Box
Middle Eastern Man, Arab Man, Oriental Caricature
Red cardboard box depicting an Arab man smoking a tobacco pipe, he wears a white Arab robe with blue and gold detailing on it along with a headscarf. This box was used to contain 50g of Oriental mix tobacco. Created by Cruwell-Tabak. The word "Mekka" is located next to the Arab figure in large yellow font along with the words "capochiert... milder feinschnitt Orient mischung" in yellow, white, and black italic font. The term "capochiert" is purely an advertising statement, which means that only the tips of the leaf (caput, the head) have been processed. This indicates the high quality of the tobacco leaf.
Gebr. Crüwell (Tabakfabrik)
The Black Archives
c.1965
Tobacco Box
German
Cardboard Box
TBADC0008
Pipe, Robes, Tobacco, Keys, Building
Dobbelmann Neuer Orient
Metal tobacco tin containing 50 grams of cigarette loose-leaf tobacco. The tin is decorated with a yellow/gold outer coating with a white central stripe containing the brand logo, information about the tobacco product "Neuer Orient, 50 Gramm Netto" [...] Naturreiner Cigarettentabak", and the name of the company "Dobbelmann" named after the founder ("Louis Dobbelmann").
Dobbelmann
German
TBADC0009
Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out
Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out by May Opitz (1991)
1991
Documenta 2022
Paperback
TBADC0009
African Europeans: An Untold History
African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele (2021)
2021
Documenta 2022
Hardcover
TBADC0010
The ABCs of Black History
The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez (2020)
2020
Documenta 2022
Hardcover
TBADC0011
Papoea: Een geschiedenis (Dutch Edition)
Papoea: Een geschiedenis (Dutch Edition) by Dirk Vlasblom (2019)
2019
Documenta 2022
Paperback
TBADC0012