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Museum object · Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

1930-1970

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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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.

This is a blue glass ashtray. It consists of bright blue molded glass in a round shape. It has a gold colored metal rim along the top and around the bottom edge. The rim is narrow with a line of small raised dots down the center. On either side of the top rim is an oval shaped cradle in gold colored metal.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: A2022.13.1.45.2

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