- 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: 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 1/16 in. (6 × 8.2 × 0.1 cm)
- Description
- A feather accessory for hatbands worn by Cab Calloway. The feather accessory is a small bundle of yellow, brown, white, and yellow spotted black feathers with calamuses bound together with black tape. The yellow feather at the back of the bunch has a solid yellow calamus, rachis, barbs, and afterfeathers. In front of the yellow feather is a brown feather with solid brown barbs, afterfeathers, and a rachis that extends slightly above the tops of the yellow and brown feathers. A thinner feather is bound in front brown feather. It has a gray and brown mottled rachis and barbs. In the very front, near the taped wrapped base, is a fragment of a small, yellow spotted, dark brown feather. The spots are divided by yellow speckled circular patterns.
- 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
- A2015.273.1.24.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




