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
Date
20th century
Medium
metal
Dimensions
15/16 x 13/16 x 5/16 in. (2.4 x 2.1 x 0.8 cm)
Description
An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal lapel pin. The pin is in the shape of an ivy leaf with a green center. A gold colored metal circle surrounds the leaf. The leaf is outlined with small pearls. Gold lettering appears in the green center. It reads “A. K. A.”
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Type
pins (jewelry)
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
2013.133.2.4
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59c861073-00f7-4058-adf2-955e919fb0d9

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