National Museum of African American History and Culture
Table knocker from the Elk's Rendezvous nightclub
Unidentified · 1930 - 1945
An Elk's Rendezvous cabaret table knocker in the shape of a small mallet. The head is a small wooden cylinder with several incised lines running around the circumference. The head is painted red. The handle, a simple straight stick, has the words "Elks Rendezvous / Harlem's Foremost Cabaret / 133rd St. & Lenox Ave. NYC / 3 Shows Nightly AU -8111" is stamped lengthways along it. Stamped on either side of the text is a geometric pattern in orange ink.
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