Balancing toy figure of a caricatured banjo player

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A balancing toy figure (a) of a caricatured Black man playing the banjo. The man is dressed in a yellow hat and jacket with red and blue striped pants. The head and right arm sway when the figure moves. The figure has a balancing weight attached to the bottom and balances on a metal stand (b).

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