Cotton handkerchief from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cotton handkerchief from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A white handkerchief from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The ivory cotton handkerchief is square in shape and hemmed along the edges. The fabric features a woven pattern of three bands of eight thin lines that cross over at each corner, creating a checkerboard pattern. The pattern is reversed on the back of the handkerchief.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th-late 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: handkerchiefs
- Medium: cotton (textile)
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 17 1/16 × 17 3/8 × 1/16 in. (43.4 × 44.1 × 0.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.1.15
- 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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