Keychain with six keys owned 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 keychain with a set of six keys owned by Cab Calloway. A2015.273.1.27a: The keychain features a horseshoe charm on one end and a St. Christopher medal on the other end, divided by short silver chain. The horseshoe charm has an embellished front with thin channels, segmented by silver dots, running down each side of the horseshoe. The back of the horseshoe is plain but features stamped text that reads [STERLING]. On the other end of the keychain is a St. Christopher medal. The metal is small and circular a with a soldered bezel. One side of the metal features a molded image of St. Christopher which depicts him with the Christ child sitting on his shoulder and a staff in his hand with water up to his waist. The Christ child is holding a globus cruciger. Molded text and printed along the left and right edges read [ST. CHRISTOPHER] and [BE MY GUIDE].

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