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Mechanical Tin Figure "Oh my Alabama Coon Jigger". E. P. Lehmann.
Mark: company mark e, no. 685. From 1912.
Sheet metal, color lithographed. 24.5 x 12 x 8.5 cm.
Stereotype depiction of a man with dark skin dancing on a wooden box. Hole in the right hand (for missing national flag). With fixed key, movement intact. Condition of age and use lacquer.
On the racist background of this toy see: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/ausstellung-ueber-rassistisches-spielzeug-ein-tanzender-100.html https://museenblog-nuernberg.de/2020/11/03/bericht-zu-ethik-im-museum/
Literature : A Century of Tin Toys. Munich 1981. pp. 142-144.
Call time 26 | Oct 2023 | probably 10:55 am (CET)
.Limit 180 €
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• Calling time: 26. | Oct 2023 | approximately 10:55 uhr
Hammer price 300.00 €
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