| Title | Minstrel puppet |
| Date | Late 19th to early 20th century |
| Material Type | Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Performances (entertainment events)
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| Description | A minstrel stick puppet. Minstrel shows were a type of entertainment popular from the 1840s to as late as the 1960s that featured performers in blackface. Figure has movable parts connected by pins. |
| Condition | The stick that is used to operate the puppet is broken off. |
| Dimensions | Height: 30.5 cm |
| Subject | Minstrel shows -- United States
Rod puppets
United States -- Race relations
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| Geographic Region | United States
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| Collector | Pantovic, Walter
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| Collection in Repository | Walter Pantovic Slavery Collection
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| Collection Note | Historically known as "The Walter Pantovic Slavery Collection" these artifacts span the African American experience from slavery to the Civil Rights era to the rise of African Americans in popular culture. Walter Pantovic was born in Yugoslavia in 1965 and immigrated to the United States at the age of two. He became interested in African-American history in elementary school and in his adult life began collecting artifacts related to the subject. Highlighted items in his assembled collection include shackles, slave tags, and manillas along with 1960s Civil Rights ephemera and 1970s African-American pop culture memorabilia. |
| Call Number | 1999.001.051 |
| Holding Institution | Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
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| Digital Collection | Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
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| Rights | Digital image copyright 2010, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424. |
| Media Type | Objects |
