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Actions Displays	Walking stick with antisemitic figure Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2026/064 TitleWalking stick with antisemitic figure DescriptionWalking stick or gentleman's cane with antisemitic figure as topper, c.1800s The topper is in the shape of a man’s head with an elongated ‘Jewish’ nose i.e. an antisemitic object. The item was owned by a German man who arrived in Australia in the 1880s. Items such as these embody the antisemitic racial stereotype deliberately chosen by their carriers. Object namewalking sticks Materialmetal, wood, wood, bone Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum collection, donated by Charles White In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

Object numberM2026/064

TitleWalking stick with antisemitic figure

DescriptionWalking stick or gentleman's cane with antisemitic figure as topper, c.1800s

The topper is in the shape of a man’s head with an elongated ‘Jewish’ nose i.e. an antisemitic object. The item was owned by a German man who arrived in Australia in the 1880s.

Items such as these embody the antisemitic racial stereotype deliberately chosen by their carriers.

Object namewalking sticks

Materialmetal, wood, wood, bone

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum collection, donated by Charles White In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

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