Sponge 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 sponge from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The natural sponge is irregularly shaped but roughly ovular and has a thin white string loop attached. The sponge is light brown.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Health
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: 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: A2015.273.1.1.6
objectType: label: Type
content: bath sponges
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: sponge and string (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/8 × 2 × 2 3/8 in. (2.8 × 5.1 × 6 cm)