African, from Types of Nationalities (N240) issued by Kinney Bros. 1890

This 1890 chromolithograph, "African," from the "Types of Nationalities" series by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company, depicts a stereotypical image of an African man. The image is framed with the text "TYPES OF NATIONALITIES" and "AFRICAN" in the title. The central figure, a black man, holds a human skull and a spear, illustrating a common racist stereotype of African people being savage and cannibalistic. This card was included in a set of trading cards produced by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company in 1890, meant to be distributed with their tobacco products. These cards are important for understanding racist representations of ethnicities and the role of consumer products in perpetuating harmful stereotypes.