Table knocker from the Elk's Rendezvous nightclub

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An Elk's Rendezvous cabaret table knocker in the shape of a small mallet. The head is a small wooden cylinder with several incised lines running around the circumference. The head is painted red. The handle, a simple straight stick, has the words "Elks Rendezvous / Harlem's Foremost Cabaret / 133rd St. & Lenox Ave. NYC / 3 Shows Nightly AU -8111" is stamped lengthways along it. Stamped on either side of the text is a geometric pattern in orange ink.

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