Crumb catcher belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a small flat metal pan with a long handle and an attached hinged lid. There is a small flange attached to the lid just about the handle. In the center of the lid is a large, raised letter “E” inside a raise circle. The circle, as well as the edge of the pan is burnished a bright copper shade in contrast to the darker metal of the rest of the pan.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1950
• Manufactured by: Hyde Park
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: trays
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 6 1/4 × 10 5/8 × 1 5/16 in. (15.8 × 27 × 3.3 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: A2022.13.1.66
• 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

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