Swank brand 112 No.2 pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Swank brand 112 No.2 pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: before 1964. Manufactured by: National Pencil Company, American. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A National Pencil Company Swank 112 No.2 pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The graphite pencil has a green, hexagonal body with white text that reads [NATIONAL’S SWANK N[encircled] USA 112 No[underlined] 2] on one side. At one end of the body is a metallic green ferrule with a worn down green rubber eraser attached to the top. The pencil has been sharpened and the tip has broken off.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: before 1964
- Manufactured by: National Pencil Company, American
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: pencils
- Medium: paint on wood with graphite , metal and rubber
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 6 5/16 × 5/16 × 5/16 in. (16.1 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm)
- Place made: Shelbyville, Bedford county, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Communication
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.1.36
- 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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