Drum major baton: Museum Object and Cultural History
Drum major baton: Date: early 20th century. Created by: Unidentified. Type: batons (music equipment).
The object in the museum catalogue
Drum major baton with a wooden body and a white metal tip and bulb. The wooden body is stained a dark brown and has two holes. The metal bulb at top has a horizontal upraised line in the middle and at the bottom where it thins to connect to the wood. The metal bulb is dented and cracked.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: early 20th century
- Created by: Unidentified
- Type: batons (music equipment)
- Type: batons (symbols of office)
- Medium: wood and metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 45 1/4 × 4 × 4 in. (114.9 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Marching bands (Music)
- Topic: Military
- Topic: World War I
- Object number: 2017.111.26
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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