Gray 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 gray, one size fits all bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The satin, pre-tied, light gray, batwing bow tie features an adjustable neck strap that fastens at the back of the neck. The batwing style bow tie has been stitched to the band. Sewn to the interior of the proper right side of the neck strap is a white ribbon with embroidered black text and lines that denotes the neck band lengths. The strap is adjustable from 13 1/2 inches to 17 3/4 inches. Embroidered black text at the top right corner of the ribbon band reads [U.S. PAT. 2125715-22080[—-?]]. Sewn to each end of the neck band is a metal hook and eye. Threaded through the band are the metal strap sliders used to adjust the neck band length.

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