Sponge from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A sponge from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The natural sponge is irregularly shaped but roughly ovular and has a thin white string loop attached. The sponge is light brown.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th-late 20th century
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Type: bath sponges
• Medium: sponge and string (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/8 × 2 × 2 3/8 in. (2.8 × 5.1 × 6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Beauty culture
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Health
• Object number: A2015.273.1.1.6
• 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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