- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
- Owned by
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Subject of
- Robinson, Bill "Bojangles", American, 1878 - 1949
- Date
- ca. 1937
- Medium
- ink on wood with dye
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 7 in. (1.9 × 3.7 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- A promotional Cotton Club noisemaker mallet owned by Cab Calloway. The mallet has a red, barrel shaped head. The head has two carved line at each end. The handle is long, thin and natural wood colored. It has black text stamped at the center that reads [COTTON CLUB / B'WAY at 48th STREET Circle 7-1000 / BILL ROBINSON & CAB CALLOWAY / AND AN ALL STAR SEPIAN REVUE]. The text is bookended with a bands with a red square pattern.
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Topic
- Advertising
- Band (Music)
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Dance
- Jazz (Music)
- Nightlife
- Singers (Musicians)
- Theatre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Object number
- A2015.273.1.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




