Shoe brush owned by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A shoe brush owned by Cab Calloway. The shoe brush is primarily constructed from black plastic. It has an elongated handle that terminates in a thin brush with a rounded head and black bristles. There is a wide, gold tone, metal band connecting the brush to the handle. The handle is roughly J-shaped with the top molded into the shape of a bridled horsehead and neck. There is a gold tone jump ring threaded through the nostrils of the horsehead. Below the horse’s neck are two molded, three-dimensional diamond shapes that terminates just above the gold band.
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: 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: A2015.273.1.20.2
objectType: label: Type
content: shoebrushes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 15/16 × 1 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (5 × 3.2 × 27.4 cm)