Shoe buffer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

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.

A shoe buffer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The buffer has a flat, rectangular, wood block handle and a white wooly polishing brush. The polish brush has grayed due to shoe polish deposits and is slightly matted from use. It attaches to the handle on the narrow ends of the handle. The handle is plain natural wood with no markings.

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗