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The Museum of   Americanism Annex One

    This section continues the display of rare historical KKK artifacts and memorabilia. These items are not for sale. They are museum exhibits only.

wpe87962.gif (12971 bytes) (1) wpe73278.gif (10518 bytes) (2) Three foot tall cement statue of a Klansman, circa 1970's - 80's.

wpe70754.gif (7863 bytes) (3) wpe88016.gif (7709 bytes) (4) wpe86523.gif (13513 bytes) (5) Statue of a Klanswoman circa 1920's - 30's.

wpe86820.gif (30607 bytes) (6) Three distinct styles of Klan statues, circa 1920's. There were many types of Kan statues from large to very small, from ceramic, to frosted glass, to plaster. Several types were copied and reproduced up to the 1990's causing confusion among collectors.

  wpe01828.gif (35553 bytes) (7) More different styles of Klan statues circa 1920's - 1940's.

wpe10718.gif (105733 bytes) (8) wpe40305.gif (64457 bytes) (9) Authentic, dated 1923, 18 inch plaster Klan statue. The left arm is detachable and fits into a socket. When in place the statue is giving the left handed Klan salute. It is not a right handed Nazi salute and it predated the Nazis. This style statue was reproduced up to the 1990's. Antique looking paints were used on the reproductions and many people have been fooled by the 1923 date, thinking the reproductions were originals. Original Klan statues are rare.

wpe58536.gif (101355 bytes) (10) The three statues on the right are modern remakes of 1920's originals. The two on the far right are plaster. The third statue from the right is ceramic. The statue on the far left is not a Klan statue at all. It is a statue from the Catholic religious ceremony in Spain called the Consecration of the Pastas. The Klan symbol on the statue was added on at a later date. The Catholic statues from the Consecration of the Pastas ceremony have been palmed off as KKK statues for decades. Many people have been taken advantage of and fooled into thinking they are buying a collectible part of American history when, in fact, it's not American at all. It's Spanish. Let the buyers beware!

wpe03299.gif (151605 bytes)  (11) Another style of Klan statue, circa 1920's. KIGY stands for: Klansman I Greet You.

wpe70501.gif (81204 bytes) (12) wpe45829.gif (70274 bytes) (13) Similar to the one above, but still different, this statue is also circa 1920's. On the base is the word "Honor".

wpe16805.gif (10142 bytes) (14) This pewter statue is modern day "wizards and dungeons" type stuff, but it, too, has been palmed off as a Klan statue.

wpe92019.gif (37374 bytes) (15) Klan dolls and puppets of any kind from any Klan era are rare and far and few between. These Klan dolls date from the 1990's.

  wpe91608.gif (63181 bytes) (16) Like the statue above, this doll looks like it's KKK. But, it is not. It is, also, from the Catholic Spanish ceremony, the Consecration of the Pastas. Like the statue above, these dolls have, also, been sold as KKK collectibles.