Wire bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A wire bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silver tone bottle opener is constructed from a single piece of thin metal rod that has been roughly bent into a T-shape with a pentagonal shaped top and triangular handle. The pentagonal top of the bottle opener has three, interior, flattened tabs at the top and the sides, that are designed to remove to bottle caps. The rod is bent into a triangular shaped handle that is soldered together at the bottom.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.31
objectType: label: Type
content: bottle openers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (8.5 × 3.6 × 0.4 cm)