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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. Items A and B are new listings as of this date: 12/28/09.

A. The statue on the left is a 1920's original. Nearly 5" tall, stamped Fraternal Art, Denver, CO. The center statue is 5 1/2" tall and is a modern made item. The one on the right is not Klan at all. At 7" tall it is a Halloween ghost with a skull. Statues like this are sometimes sold as KKK items.

B. This item is authentic modern day Klan memorabilia as it was commissioned by the KKK in the late 1980's. Made of cement and 11" tall, less then 100 were ever made. It is a wall hanging plaque that can be hung indoors or out.    

(1) (2) Three foot tall cement statue of a Klansman, circa 1970's - 80's.

(3) (4) (5) Statue of a Klanswoman circa 1920's - 30's.

(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.

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

(8) (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.

(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!

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

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

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

(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.

  (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.