On View
Making a Way Gallery
Exhibition
Making a Way Out of No Way
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Marjorie H. Parker, American, 1917 - 2006
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
Date
1958
Medium
metal
Dimensions
1 1/16 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. (2.7 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm)
Description
An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal logo with a small metal loop attached to the top. The pendant is shaped like three books. Two of the books are on top of each other while the third book is leaning against them. One of the books has the A. K. A. seal on the cover, while another has lettering on the spine that reads “THE HISTORY OF / ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA / 1908-1999.”
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Type
logos
Topic
Associations and institutions
Education
Sororities
Women
Women's organizations
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Society of Washington, DC and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Object number
2013.133.2.16
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58b44499f-eb7a-48eb-9f9f-10568aba4c1f

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