Badge from the1952 Grand Master Conference of Prince Hall Masons: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Prince Hall Masons Grand Master Conference badge worn by Cleo W. Wooten. The badge has a narrow rectangular metal nameplate at the top with a stamped geometric design on the border. There is a slip of paper which reads [[Cleo W. Wooten / C.C.F.C. Mass.] in handwritten black ink text. There is a horizontal bar on the back of the name plate through which the ribbon has been inserted and sewn closed. There is also a horizontal pin fastener on the back. The ribbon is purple and hangs from the bottom of the nameplate. It is printed with faded gold lettering that reads [GRAND MASTERS / CONFERENCE / PRINCE HALL / MASONS / OF / AMERICA / MAY 19-22, 1952 / NEWARK, N. J.]. The reverse is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1952
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Cleo W. Wooten, American
• Type: badges
• Medium: metal, ink on paper, cloth
• Dimensions: 5 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in. (13 × 5.4 × 0.6 cm)
• Place collected: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Freemasonry
• Object number: 2013.71.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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