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

The object in the museum catalogue

A wooden, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity cane wrapped in red plastic tape and decorated with white stripe and white and red stripe decals wrapped along the body of the cane, forming red, diamond shapes. The front of the cane has been decorated with white decals that spell the Greek letters, kappa alpha psi [? / ? / ?] in the top red diamond, [1 / 9 / 1 / 1] in the middle diamond and the Greek letters, Phi Nu Pi [F / ? / ?] in the bottom red diamond. The handle of the cane and the bottom of the cane has been wrapped in a white, plastic tape.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2011-2014
• Created by: Kanework Kanes LLC, American, founded 2011
• Created by: Howard Galloway
• Subject of: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
• Type: canes
• Medium: pressure-sensitive tape on wood
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 27 9/16 × 5 9/16 × 1 in. (70 × 14.2 × 2.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Fraternities
• Topic: Men
• Object number: 2014.172.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard L. Galloway Jr. / Kanework Kanes
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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