Cigarette caddy belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cigarette caddy belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1930-1970. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a blue glass cigarette caddy. It is cylindrical in shape, consisting of molded bright blue glass. It has a gold colored metal rim around the top and around the bottom edge. The rim is narrow with a line of small, raised dots down the center. There is a smear of brown residue down the outside of the caddy.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1930-1970
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
- Type: caddies
- Medium: glass and metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 3/4 × 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 in. (7 × 6.5 × 6.5 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: A2022.13.1.45.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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