Zwarte Piet Cards
Identifier
KKBOC0025
Title
Zwarte Piet Cards
Description
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.
Creator
Papita
Type
Koloniale Boekjes en Artefacten
Relation
Collection of colonial booklets, memorabilia, etc. from around the world.
Source
The Black Archives
Format
Set of Cards
Subject
Zwarte Piet, White Girl, White Boy
Coverage
Balls, Nets, Flowers, etc
Date
c.1965
Contributor
Made in Netherlands
Physical Dimensions
9x3x12.5
Country of Production
Nederlands
Place of Production
Amsterdam
Keywords
Zwarte Piet, Blackface, Children's Games
Copyright
Papita
Rightholder
Papita
Archived By
Richard Weaver
Collection
Citation
Papita, “Zwarte Piet Cards,” The Black Archives, accessed October 7, 2024, https://collection.theblackarchives.nl/items/show/26.