Table knocker from the Elk's Rendezvous nightclub
date: label: Date
content: 1930 - 1945
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Elks Rendezvous, American, ca. 1930 - 1945
notes: label: Description
content: An Elk's Rendezvous cabaret table knocker in the shape of a small mallet. The head is a small wooden cylinder with several incised lines running around the circumference. The head is painted red. The handle, a simple straight stick, has the words "Elks Rendezvous / Harlem's Foremost Cabaret / 133rd St. & Lenox Ave. NYC / 3 Shows Nightly AU -8111" is stamped lengthways along it. Stamped on either side of the text is a geometric pattern in orange ink.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Popular music
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vicki Gold Levi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.223.70
objectType: label: Type
content: musical instruments
label: Type
content: noisemakers
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: paint on wood
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 7 × 3/4 in. (17.8 × 1.9 cm)