Cane for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black painted, wooden, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity cane, wrapped entirely in black plastic tape. The cane has a black rubber cane tip. The cane has been wrapped in tape from just above the cane tip to the bottom curve of the handle.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1979
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Terance Turner
• Subject of: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
• Type: canes
• Medium: pressure-sensitive tape on wood with paint and rubber
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 36 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 13/16 in. (92 × 12 × 2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Fraternities
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2014.127.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Taalib Abdullah Al 'Ali (Terance Turner)
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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