lawn jockeys
Garden jockey figures
Lawn jockeys are small statues of figures in jockey attire, traditionally placed in front yards or at the ends of driveways.
The most common design depicts a Black figure holding a ring or lantern, a form that emerged in nineteenth-century America and became associated with racist caricature.
Once widespread, they're now controversial—some see them as offensive stereotypes, others as collectible Americana or reclaimed folk art.
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- paintColored coating substance
- figurineSmall ornamental sculpture
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- cast ironBrittle iron-carbon alloy
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- Black Americanaslave shackles, cookie jars, salt shakers, trade cards, slave narratives
- folk artsamplers, weathervanes, whirligigs, folk traditions, beadwork
lawn jockeyshitching posts
Poles for securing horses
mailboxes · fence posts · rain barrels · utility poles · garden hoses