Black bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

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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.

A black, one size fits all bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The velvet, pre-tied, butterfly bow tie features an adjustable black neck strap that fastens behind the bow tie knot. The bow tie has been stitched to the band. Sewn to the interior of the proper right side of the next strap is a white ribbon with black text and lines that denotes the neckband lengths. The strap is adjustable from 14 inches to 17 1/2 inches. The tie strap has a black metal strap adjuster and an eye at the end of the strap that clips to a hook just behind the bowtie.

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