Christmas Chocolate with Blackface
Identifier
KKBOC0031
Title
Christmas Chocolate with Blackface
Description
Chocolate in the shape of a man with foil wrapper depicting smiling black person with sack of treats (wearing green hat).
Creator
Friedel
Type
Koloniale Boekjes en Artefacten
Relation
Collection of colonial booklets, memorabilia, etc. from around the world.
Source
The Black Archives
Format
Chocolate Figurine
Subject
Black Caricature, Zwarte Piet
Coverage
Chocolates, Sweets, Wrapper, Blackface, Zwarte Piet
Physical Dimensions
5x4x17
Country of Production
France
Keywords
Sweets, Caricature, Zwarte Piet
Copyright
Friedel
Rightholder
Friedel
Archived By
Sin Daly
Oral History
Humourous story about how "Jessie" would go around shops and crush the heads of these chocolate figurines so they would not be purchased.
Collection
Citation
Friedel, “Christmas Chocolate with Blackface,” The Black Archives, accessed October 7, 2024, https://collection.theblackarchives.nl/items/show/33.