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.

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

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