Aunt Jemima Mammy Cookie Jar

Media: FloridaAM/HCAC.FAMU.0121.001.JPEG

Original Title: Mammy Cookie Jar
Devised Title: Aunt Jemima Mammy Cookie Jar
Date: Unknown
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Contributor: Thomas Bridge
Description: This ceramic cookie jar was part of a collection released by Ohio-based company Mosaic Tile. Albeit rare, the original and most common reproduction is the version depicted here, standing around 13 inches tall with a yellow dress and yellow headwrap. However, the dress can show up in a variety of rarer colors such as blue, peach, and green.
Primary Subject: Unknown See all items with this value; Racism See all items with this value; Food See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Location: Tallahassee; Leon County; Florida; United States of America
Type: Three-Dimensional Object
Medium: Ceramic
Additional Techniques: Throwing
Measurements: L:18cm x W:33cm
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: AR_0013_03_0001
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.FAMU.0121
Rights: All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.
Contributing Institution: Florida A&M University
Collection: Thomas Bridge African American Collection See all items with this value
Language: English
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Item sets: Florida A&M University Collections