Barber comb owned by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Barber comb owned by Cab Calloway: Date: 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A barber comb owned by Cab Calloway. The black plastic comb has a narrow shaft and teeth. The teeth on one end of the comb are thin and closely spaced together. The other end of the comb features thicker teeth that are more widely spaced. One thin tooth and two of the thicker teeth have broken off and are missing. The comb shaft is slightly curved and is plain.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: combs (grooming tools)
- Medium: plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 × 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (12.7 × 0.4 × 3 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Hair
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.25
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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