Yellow 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 yellow, brown, white, and yellow spotted black feathers with calamuses bound together with black tape. The yellow feather at the back of the bunch has a solid yellow calamus, rachis, barbs, and afterfeathers. In front of the yellow feather is a brown feather with solid brown barbs, afterfeathers, and a rachis that extends slightly above the tops of the yellow and brown feathers. A thinner feather is bound in front brown feather. It has a gray and brown mottled rachis and barbs. In the very front, near the taped wrapped base, is a fragment of a small, yellow spotted, dark brown feather. The spots are divided by yellow 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: A2015.273.1.24.4
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: 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 1/16 in. (6 × 8.2 × 0.1 cm)