Derby Mute
name: label: user
content: Ellington, Duke
label: manufacturer
content: Humes & Berg Manufacturing Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This mute was made by Humes and Berg Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois, undetermined date. It is derby mute made of cardboard with a white dome with red trim. This mute is associated with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, East Chicago
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.329
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.329
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 10 in x 5 in; 33.02 cm x 25.4 cm x 12.7 cm