Ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a blue glass ashtray. It consists of bright blue molded glass in a round shape. It has a gold colored metal rim along the top and around the bottom edge. The rim is narrow with a line of small raised dots down the center. On either side of the top rim is an oval shaped cradle in gold colored metal.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1930-1970
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: ashtrays
• Medium: glass and metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 × 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (2.5 × 11.1 × 11.1 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.45.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No known copyright restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.