Summary
This image includes what is for some people a cultural stereotype. Such representations are not condoned by Museums Victoria, which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context do not excuse or erase this fact.
Description of Content
Two people dressed with black faces, hands and legs for a fancy-dress party. They are wearing gloves, dark stockings and dark hoods with features sewn (?) on them.
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Leisure, Images & Image Making, Childhood, Clothing & Textiles
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Joan S MacPhie, 25 Mar 1985
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Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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