Conductor's baton owned by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Conductor's baton owned by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Created by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
Wooden conductor's baton used by Cab Calloway. The black painted handle is larger than the white painted tapered shaft. Remnants of black paint on the tip of the shaft indicate it may have been painted black at one time.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th-late 20th century
- Created by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: batons (music equipment)
- Medium: paint on wood
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 17 3/4 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (45.1 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.237.2
- 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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