Zwarte Piet Hair Clips
Identifier
TBAFB0071
Title
Zwarte Piet Hair Clips
Description
Seven metal hair clips with silicone Zwarte Piet decorations attached to the top of the clip. The hair clip is coloured pink, matching the outfit of the Zwarte Piet figure attached to it. This figure is dressed with rosy lips, rosy cheeks, pink ribbons at the end of each pigtail, and a bright pink and blue hat with a green feather protruding from it.
Type
Metal Clips
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
Zwarte Piet Hair Clips
Subject
Zwarte Piet
Coverage
Hat, Feather, Ribbons
Date
c.2000s?
Physical Dimensions
5x1.5x0.5
Country of Production
Netherlands
Keywords
Zwarte Piet, Sinterklaasfest, Children, Black Caricature
Archived By
Richard Weaver
Collection
Citation
“Zwarte Piet Hair Clips,” The Black Archives, accessed November 13, 2024, https://collection.theblackarchives.nl/items/show/3505.