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Handlinger Visningsindstillinger	Remove from selection Add to selection ObjektnummerM2013/064:002 BeskrivelseThis is the metal handle (or head) of a walking cane in the shape of a man’s head with an elongated ‘Jewish’ nose i.e. an antisemitic object. Reportedly made in France it has been suggested it represents Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish French convicted of espionage. Items such as these embody the antisemitic racial stereotype deliberately chosen by their carriers. ProduktionsstedFrance Produktionsdato circa 1895 Emneantisemitism, caricatures, racial discrimination, discrimination Objektnavnwalking sticks Materialepewter Mål length: 80.00 mm width: 75.00 mm depth: 30.00 mm KreditrammeSydney Jewish Museum Collection

ObjektnummerM2013/064:002

BeskrivelseThis is the metal handle (or head) of a walking cane in the shape of a man’s head with an elongated ‘Jewish’ nose i.e. an antisemitic object. Reportedly made in France it has been suggested it represents Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish French convicted of espionage.

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

ProduktionsstedFrance

Produktionsdato circa 1895

Emneantisemitism, caricatures, racial discrimination, discrimination

Objektnavnwalking sticks

Materialepewter

Mål

KreditrammeSydney Jewish Museum Collection

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