Manufactured by

Unidentified

Subject of

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908

Bernice Sumlin, American, born 1926

Date

1974

Medium

metal

Dimensions

1 1/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. (2.9 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm)

Description

An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal logo with a small metal loop attached to the top. The rectangular pendant has brass ivy vines over a yellowish background. At the top of the pendant is “SORORITY.” At the center of the pendant is “A K A” embossed vertically.

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

2013.133.2.20

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd595854eda-e517-46c9-ace2-fb3c164e41ac