Shoe brush owned by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shoe brush owned by Cab Calloway: Date: 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A shoe brush owned by Cab Calloway. The shoe brush is primarily constructed from black plastic. It has an elongated handle that terminates in a thin brush with a rounded head and black bristles. There is a wide, gold tone, metal band connecting the brush to the handle. The handle is roughly J-shaped with the top molded into the shape of a bridled horsehead and neck. There is a gold tone jump ring threaded through the nostrils of the horsehead. Below the horse’s neck are two molded, three-dimensional diamond shapes that terminates just above the gold band.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: shoebrushes
- Medium: plastic and metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 15/16 × 1 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (5 × 3.2 × 27.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.20.2
- 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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