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@ National Museum of African American History and Culture

Unidentified

Description

Drum major baton with a wooden body and a white metal tip and bulb. The wooden body is stained a dark brown and has two holes. The metal bulb at top has a horizontal upraised line in the middle and at the bottom where it thins to connect to the wood. The metal bulb is dented and cracked.
Format:
Wood And Metal
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
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Record Contributed By

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Band (Music)
  4. Marching Bands (Music)
  5. Military
  6. World War I
  7. World War, 1914 1918

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