The Palmtree Impregnated Safety Match

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The Palmtree Impregnated Safety Match

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.

Cardboard Box

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.

The Black Archives

Box of Matches

Black Slave

Palmt Tees, Sickle, Sand, Beach, Yoke, Water Jugs

c.1930s

4x1.5x5

Sweden

Matches, Cigarettes, Slaves, Plantations

The Palmtree

The Palmtree

Richard Weaver

http://strabic.fr/Graphisme-Philumenie-matchbox-The-Palmtree