Straight Mute
name: label: user
content: Cheatham, Doc
notes: label: Description
content: This mute was made by an unknown maker in the United States, undetermined date. It is a trumpet straight mute made of aluminum with cork strips. Used by jazz musician, William Alonzo “Cat” Anderson who acquired it from musician Joe “King” Oliver.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Amanda N. Cheatham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0218.18
label: accession number
content: 2002.0218
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0218.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 6.985 cm