- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Date
- mid 20th-late 20th century
- Medium
- feather and pressure-sensitive tape
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 15/16 × 3 3/8 × 1/16 in. (5 × 8.5 × 0.1 cm)
- Description
- A feather accessory for hatbands worn by Cab Calloway. The feather accessory is a small bundle of white, gray-brown, red, and white spotted black feathers with calamuses bound together with black tape. The trimmed white feather at the back has a white calamus, white rachis, white barbs, and white afterfeathers. The trimmed, fan-shaped feather stacked over the white feather has solid gray-brown barbs, afterfeathers, and a black rachis. Over the gray-brown feather is a thin, tall, red barbed feather with a red rachis that extends slightly above the top of the gray-brown feather. In the very front, near the taped wrapped base, is a fragment of a white speckled black feather. The white spots are mostly round with a couple of elliptical shaped ones down the center. The spots are divided by thin, light brown, lines that form a diamond pattern.
- Collection title
- The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
- Classification
- Jewelry and Adornment
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- accessories
- Topic
- Band (Music)
- Clothing and dress
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Dance
- Jazz (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Object number
- A2015.273.1.24.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




