Lifetime Achievement Grammy received by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Lifetime Achievement Grammy received by Cab Calloway. The award is a molded, bronze colored metal gramophone mounted on a square frustum-shaped, glossy black base. On the base of the front of the trophy is a gold outlined black plaque with gold text that reads [NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - 2008 / CAB CALLOWAY]. The underside of the base is covered in black felt. A rectangular portion of the felt has been cut to reveal a gold tone, metal label on the underside of the frustrum with stamped text that reads [UNPUBLISHED WORK ©1991 / THE RECORDING ACADEMY / #50-07 / BILLINGSARTWORKS.COM]. There is also a white adhesive label attached to one edge of the underside of the award with the copyright information printed in black.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2008
• Manufactured by: Billings Artworks, American
• Issued by: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American, founded 1957
• Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Type: trophies (prizes)
• Medium: bronze and granite with felt and pressure-sensitive tape
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 9 5/16 × 5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (23.6 × 15 × 15 cm)
• Place made: Ridgway, Ouray County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Professional organizations
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: A2015.273.1.9
• 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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