Banner with motto of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A purple silk banner with gold fringe and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs' motto, "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" painted in large gold letters. The banner was used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. T Above the words is a painted design of three interlocking triangles, the center of which is filled with the two on either side in outline. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.1b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has a dowel inserted at the end of the proper left side with a hole for a dowel on the proper right side.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1924
• Created by: Unidentified
• Used by: Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1910
• Subject of: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896
• Type: banners
• Medium: silk (fiber) , wood , paint
• Dimensions: 2010.2.1a: 37 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (94.6 × 80 × 3.5 cm)
• Dimensions: 2010.2.1b: 13/16 × 31 1/2 × 13/16 in. (2.1 × 80 × 2.1 cm)
• Place collected: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Communities
• Object number: 2010.2.1abc
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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