Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Wooden walking stick with a brass knob handle in the shape of the head of a Jewish man. European artisans commonly adorned everyday items such as ceramics, toys, and even walking sticks, with caricatures of Jewish faces. These walking sticks are examples of racial antisemitism becoming part of everyday life.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Classification
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Personal Equipment and Supplies
- Category
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Personal equipment
- Object Type
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Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Tapered cylindrical wooden staff with a brass finial in shape of Jewish man's head with very large nose, wearnig a yarmulke. It has a metal tipped bottom.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 35.750 inches (90.805 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, brass
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The walking stick was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:14
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519845