Afrikaner' Theatre Make-Up Kit
Identifier
TBADC0004
Title
Afrikaner' Theatre Make-Up Kit
Description
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.
Creator
FKW Keller GmbH
Type
Plastic Box
Relation
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.
Source
The Black Archives
Format
Theatre Make-Up Kit
Subject
Black Caricature, African Woman, Black Woman,
Physical Dimensions
10.5x7x1
Country of Production
Germany
Place of Production
Bochum
Keywords
Black Caricature, Gold-Hooped Earrings, Blackface, Theatre, Africa, Make-Up
Copyright
FKW Keller GmbH
Rightholder
FKW Keller GmbH
Archived By
Richard Weaver
Bibliography
https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/6262815Z:GR
Collection
Citation
FKW Keller GmbH, “Afrikaner' Theatre Make-Up Kit,” The Black Archives, accessed April 22, 2025, https://collection.theblackarchives.nl/items/show/3468.