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Twill tape with buttons from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

mid 20th-late 20th century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

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

Three spare pearl buttons from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The three identical plastic pearl buttons are round, flat, and each have four holes. They are sewn at equal lengths to a piece of natural color cotton twill tape with white thread.

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Catalog reference: A2015.273.1.1.10

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