Promotional Cotton Club mallet owned by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American, 1878 - 1949
notes: label: Description
content: A promotional Cotton Club noisemaker mallet owned by Cab Calloway. The mallet has a spherical head and is a natural wood color. The handle is long, thin and natural wood colored. It has blacked text printed at the center that reads [COTTON CLUB / B'WAY at 48th STREET Circle 7-1000 / BILL ROBINSON & CAB CALLOWAY / AND AN ALL STAR SEPIAN REVUE]. The text is bookended with a bands of a red square pattern.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: A2015.273.1.4
objectType: label: Type
content: hammers (percussion beaters)
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: ink on wood with dye
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 × 1 × 7 7/8 in. (2.5 × 2.5 × 20 cm)