Red feather hatband accessory worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A feather accessory for hatbands worn by Cab Calloway. The feather accessory is a small bundle of black, red, yellow, and red spotted black feathers with calamuses bound together with black tape. The trimmed black feather at the back of the bunch has a solid black calamus, rachis, barbs, and afterfeathers. In front of the black feather is a trimmed red feather with solid red rachis, barbs, and afterfeathers. A thinner yellow, white, and black mottled feather is bound in front red feather that extends slightly above the tops of the red and black feathers. In the very front, near the taped wrapped base, is a fragment of a small, red spotted, black feather. The red spots are mostly round with one, upside down heart shaped spot at the center. The spots are divided by red speckled circular patterns.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
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: A2015.273.1.24.5
objectType: label: Type
content: accessories
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: feather and pressure-sensitive tape
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 15/16 × 3 1/8 × 1/16 in. (5 × 8 × 0.1 cm)