Pepper shaker

Museum number:
2-66947b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3868
Description:
Salt and Pepper shakers, celluloid; caricatures of Black servants; a) Aunt Jemima in red with black face; white apron and scarf; right arm missing; “s” (salt) in perforations at top; height 14cm; b) Uncle Mose in yellow, red, white and black holding top hat; “p” (Pepper) in perforations at top; height 14 cm
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
November 1983
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pepper shaker, accession number 2-66947b, described as Salt and Pepper shakers, celluloid; caricatures of Black servants; a) Aunt Jemima in red with black face; white apron and scarf; right arm missing; “s” (salt) in perforations at top; height 14cm; b) Uncle Mose in yellow, red, white and black holding top hat; “p” (Pepper) in perforations at top; height 14 cm

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