Albert Heijn Boffie Kwartetspel

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Albert Heijn Boffie Kwartetspel

Forty-seven playing cards. The cards are manufactured by Albert Heijn with the illustrations being made by Huibert Vet, depicting a number of different products available for customers to buy. The aim of the game is to match up categories of cards together, with the image on the bottle right of each card displaying the specific product needed to be matched up. The illustration for each card reflects these categories. The cards for "Koffie", "Javarijst", and "Cacao" display black caricatures, intended to reflect either the origins of the product (i.e.: a Javanese woman cleaning rice; a coffeebean agricultural worker) or the unique advertising of each product. The back of each card contains the words "Albert Heijn Voor Kwaliteit" surrounding the company's traditional crest atop a dark and light blue radiating background.

Huibert Vet

Paper Cards

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

Playing Cards

Black Caricature, Black Woman, Black Child, White Woman, White Man, White Child, Oriental Woman, Cow, Pig, Fish, Duck, Monkey, Bee, Chef, Dog, Delivery Driver, Shopkeeper, Soldiers, Bride, Groom, Photographer, Swimmer

Hut, Mortar, Pestle, Hat, Gold-Hooped Earrings, Dress, Lemon, Rasberry, Bottle, Cup, Coffee, Fez, Ruff, Laundry, Underpants, Dressing Gown, Soap, Sun, Wickerbasket, Chef Hat, Tomatos, Salad, Salad Dressing, Spoon, Jar, Trade Ship, Pepper, Jelly, Bowl, Pan, Suit, Cane, Pear, Farm, Bean, Wine Glass, Wine Bottle, Liqueur Bottle, Scarf, Leaf, Matches, Top Hat, Candle, Peanut, Honey, Jam, Pancakes, Windmill, Backpack, Shoes, Socks, Chocolate, Bike, Scales, Bag, Camera, Swimming Pool, Chopsticks

c.1936

5.5x9x 0.01

Netherlands

Amsterdam

Advertising, Black Caricature, Card Game, Coffee, Gold-Hooped Earrings, Orientalism, Games, Children

Albert Heijn

Albert Heijn

Alexine Gabriela

https://www.wopc.co.uk/netherlands/boffie-kwartetspel