On View
Making a Way Gallery
Exhibition
Making a Way Out of No Way
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
Purnell, Julia B., American, 1916 - 2013
Date
1962
Medium
metal
Dimensions
1 1/16 x 13/16 x 1/8 in. (2.7 x 2.1 x 0.3 cm)
Description
An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal logo with a small metal loop attached to the top. The pendant is in the shape of a pentagon and has an arrow pointing up at center. At the top of the pendant are the words "Job Corps."
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
2013.133.2.17
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ec6c0b75-f18d-4f86-91ae-106bcabc39cc

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