Manufactured by
Unidentified
Worn by
Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
Date
mid 20th-late 20th century
Medium
feather and tape
Dimensions
H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 3 1/4 × 1/16 in. (6.5 × 8.3 × 0.1 cm)
Description
A feather accessory for hatbands worn by Cab Calloway. The feather accessory is a small bundle of yellow, gray-brown, white, and yellow spotted black feathers with calamuses bound together with black tape. The yellow flower at the back of the bunch has a solid yellow calamus, rachis, barbs, and afterfeathers. In front of the yellow feather is a gray-brown feather with solid gray-brown rachis, barbs, and afterfeathers. A thinner feather is bound in front brown feather. It has gray and brown mottled rachis and barbs that extends slightly above the tops of the yellow and brown feathers. 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 and there is a patch of yellow afterfeathers below.
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
A2015.273.1.24.6
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54aaefa58-e2b1-4bd5-917c-c8a0cb7d5337

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