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Avery Research Center Artifact Collection

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Minstrel puppet

Minstrel puppet

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.

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Blacklight poster

Blacklight poster

Felt blacklight posters entitled "Pantheress" and "Panther." "Pantheress" depicts an African American woman holding a rifle and handgun, wearing a necklace containing a closed fist. "Panther" depicts an African American man holding an orange rifle.

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Ku Klux Klan whip

Ku Klux Klan whip with "KKK" burned into wooden handle. Whip is made of a heavy material belt. Purchased in Starke, Florida.

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Batik depicting a woman holding a basket with a bird on top. Signed "NIKE" on lower right side. Origin Nigeria.

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Straw and leather hat

Leather hat with tightly woven straw in black and natural colors. Origin Fulani people [Fula, Fulbe] of Nigeria.

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Straw hat with leather detail

Straw hat with leather detail

Natural straw hat with leather knob, fringe, and hanging loop. Origin Nigeria.

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Batik depicting a woman holding a basket and a man holding a gourd. Signed "NIKE" lower left side. Origin Nigeria.

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Circular multicolored raffia bag with closure and long strap. Origin Nigeria.

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Ax with wooden handle carved from a tree trunk. Origin Nigeria.

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Ax with wooden handle and bark at head. Blade has incised design on one side. Origin Nigeria.

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Knife with carved wooden handle. Origin Nigeria.

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Carved wooden mask with elongated face and wood burned holes in many areas. Origin Nigeria.

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Cotton multicolored blanket with fringe. Origin Nigeria.

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Goat hair blanket with repeated design sewn together in six strips with tassels at the end of each seam. Origin Hausa people of Nigeria.

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Doll made with cloth, beads, wire, metal, and leather. Origin Ndebele people of South Africa.

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Unstrung zither made by the Nyamwezi (Wanyamwezi) people of Tanzania.

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Basket made from natural grasses with wide stitching.

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Brown leather and straw shoulder bag.

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Multicolor beaded leather belt.

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Two-toned string bag with strap.

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