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Apartheid Sign_MCAF.1998.928

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Description

ObjectMaterialType: 

  • Wood

Colours: 

  • brown and yellow (gold)

DistinguishingFeatures: 

Besides the lettering, and image of a hand indicating to the right.  The front of the sign is varnished.

Inscriptions: 

Writing: "'Nie blankes; non-whites" and image of a hand indicating.

DimensionComment: 

Total length: 600 mm; width: 160 mm
History

AgeComment: 

Sign was used as a tool to enforce rules of segregation during the Apartheid era in South Africa.

Provenance: 

Produced and used in South Africa during the era of Apartheid.

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