Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.016.029 |
Object Name |
Candy |
Description |
"Look -- another product with vaguely racist overtones from the 70s that hadn't yet fallen to the relentess blade of politically-correct marketing. I don't know if you can really call it "racist", as the company was just riffing off the famous Charlie Chan character, much like what they had done with "Alexander the Grape" and "Johnny Apple Treats"." -The candy wrapper museum "Charlie Chan is a fictional character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Biggers loosely based Chan on Honolulu, Hawaii, detective Chang Apana, and conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes and villains like Fu Manchu. Chan is a detective for the Honolulu police, though many stories feature Chan traveling the world as he investigates mysteries and solves crimes." - Wiki |
Artist |
Ferrara Pan |
Title |
Ferrara Pan Cherry Chan Candy Box |
Collection |
Tchen, John Kuo Wei |
Accession number |
2018.016 |