Shoe buffer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shoe buffer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A shoe buffer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The buffer has a flat, rectangular, wood block handle and a white wooly polishing brush. The polish brush has grayed due to shoe polish deposits and is slightly matted from use. It attaches to the handle on the narrow ends of the handle. The handle is plain natural wood with no markings.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th-late 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: buffers (surface working tools)
- Medium: wood and wool (textile)
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 2 9/16 in. (3.3 × 19 × 6.5 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: A2015.273.1.1.1
- 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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