Pattern recognition
Item
Title
Pattern recognition
Is Part Of
Dermatology
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Biological Sciences
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History
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Description
A display in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. The label reads:
The History of Crockery
Apartheid did more than separate the races. Parallel with the separate crockery for the different religions (Jewish = Blue; Muslim = Pink) was a range of separate crockery for the staff and patients of different races. Here are a few examples of this complex collection:
Royal Blue: Jewish patients and staff (kosher)
Dark Navy Blue: "European" patients
Green: "European" staff
Maroon: "Non European" patients
Black: "Non European" staff
Pink: Muslim patients and staff (halaal)
These pieces of crockery are now part of our history and all patients are served meals in the standard rectangular crocker plate.
The History of Crockery
Apartheid did more than separate the races. Parallel with the separate crockery for the different religions (Jewish = Blue; Muslim = Pink) was a range of separate crockery for the staff and patients of different races. Here are a few examples of this complex collection:
Royal Blue: Jewish patients and staff (kosher)
Dark Navy Blue: "European" patients
Green: "European" staff
Maroon: "Non European" patients
Black: "Non European" staff
Pink: Muslim patients and staff (halaal)
These pieces of crockery are now part of our history and all patients are served meals in the standard rectangular crocker plate.
Creator
Cape Provincial Administration
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Date Created
1948
Source
Groote Schuur Hospital
Resonances
pattern recognition
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Groote Schuur hospital
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melanoma
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dermatology
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categories
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apartheid
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crockery
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segregation
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European
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digestion
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Hospital Street
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rectangle
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medicine chest
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display
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history
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Cape Provincial Administration
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Contributor
Nina Liebenberg
