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Handheld game known as a "Sambo Puzzle"

mid 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

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

A handheld strategy game consisting of a metal ball (b) that fits into the mouth of a brown plastic face (a). The face has caricatured features of a Black man, with a round cavity serving as the mouth.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2007.7.292ab

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