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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2013/064:001
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]This is the metal handle (or head) of a walking stick 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 Frenchman convicted of espionage.
Items such as these embody the antisemitic racial stereotype deliberately chosen by their carriers.
Items such as these embody the antisemitic racial stereotype deliberately chosen by their carriers.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]France
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] circa 1895
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]antisemitism, caricatures, racial discrimination, discrimination
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]walking sticks
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]brass
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- length: 75.00 mm
width: 70.00 mm
depth: 20.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection