Mammy imagery can be found in the form of several objects including dolls, ceramics, cookie jars, salt and pepper shakers, and other household items. The mammy caricature was part of post Civil War propaganda that spread negative and false stereotypes about African Americans.

Mammy is the most well known and enduring racial caricature of African American women. The Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University has more than 100 items with the mammy image, including ashtrays, souvenirs, postcards, fishing lures, detergent, artistic prints, toys, …

A canvas doll in the form of a stereotypical "Mammy" character owned by a white child. This hand-sewn doll is constructed of a stuffed, rough cotton canvas material in dark brown. She wears a bright shawl above her oat-colored three-quarter sleeve shirt and long plaid skirt and a …

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2024年1月20日 · Although these mammy dolls and ceramics dehumanize Black people, some of them are still valued and sold for hundreds of dollars. From slavery through the Jim Crow era, the mammy image served the political, social and economic interests of mainstream white America.

She looked Caribbean, had many details, with toothpick? painted features, a silk green petticoat, ruffled knickers, headscarf, apron with pockets, contrast waistband tie, and holding a fully dressed baby boy doll who held a pouch and a note that said “I love you.”

A papier mâché bobblehead doll in the form of "Mammy." The doll's head and body are attached by a metal spring. Her nose, cheeks, and lips are red. The figure has glass eyes with brown irises. A white kerchief with black polka dots covers her head. She has bare feet and is wearing a yellow dress with black polka dots.

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Multiple inventors patented Mammy dolls, profiting from the stereotype. Black Mammy: A Song of the Sunny South and Other Poems. Cheyenne, WY, 1886. Stereotypical depictions of African American women as Mammy figures soared in popularity after Reconstruction. At a time of great upheaval, many Americans hungered for an idealized past.