Name: Howard Barlow’s baton; Persons linked to the exhibit: Howard Barlow; Date: 1958; Country: United States; Town: Elkhart (Indiana); Materials: metal coated with silver; Measurements: length 50,7 cm, diameter 1,3 cm; Ownership: Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz’s collection; Inventory number: JSW 124; Description:

the baton was presented to conductor Howard Barlow by the festival ensembles performing at the centenary of Elkhart, Indiana; the core was made of metal coated with silver; the widest section of the baton comprises a conic grip with an inscription decorated with floral engravings; behind the grip, the baton narrows down at several points, extending through the short mid-section and towards a very narrow and long rod finished with a ball; the individual sections of the core are permanently fixed to one another (they are non-extendible).

; Inscriptions:

on the grip: TO / HOWARD BARLOW / IN APPRECIATION / ELKHART CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL BANDS / NOVEMBER 15, 1958

; Catalog card:

Joanna Gul, consultation: Magdalena Szmida-Półbratek (City Museum of Wrocław)

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