Letter opener received 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 Tiffany & Co. letter opener received by Cab Calloway from the New York chapter of The Northeasterners. The letter opener is from a single piece of molded sterling silver. It has a short, roughly rectangular handle and a blunt, elongated blade. The blade is long and tapers to a point at the top. On the back is molded text that reads [TIFFANY & CO. / STERLING]. The handle is thicker and embellished with sets of thin molded stripes divided by thin flutes. At the center of the top of the handle is a plain silver box with a description that reads [To Cab Calloway / The Northeasterners N.Y.].

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