Horn speaker used as part of a DJ setup: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Cerwin-Vega horn speaker. The speaker front is rectangular in shape and painted black. The sides of the front concave in towards the middle to create a cone shape. The front has three slats so that the horn has four separate chambers. The back of the speaker is silver in color and shapes into a conical point. The point ends in a circular metal piece that has an open circle at its center.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970s
• Manufactured by: Cerwin-Vega, American, founded 1954
• Used by: Angelo T. King, American, born 1959
• Type: loudspeakers
• Medium: metal and paint
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 10 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (26 × 59.1 × 47.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Object number: 2012.47.11.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Angelo T. King / The Original DJ Tony Tone AKA Tony Crush of The Cold Crush Brothers
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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