Member badge for Daughters of the IBPOEW Temple #422: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Daughters of I.B.P.O.E. of W. member badge for Columbia Temple #422. At the top is a rectangular gold-colored metal bar with a pin back. The front of the bar forms a frame for the word [MEMBER], in black against a gold background. Two (2) ribbons are attached through a hook on the reverse. The ribbon at the front is purple, while the ribbon on the back is black. Each ribbon features identical images and text. Decoration on the purple ribbon is in gold, while the black ribbon features silver decoration. Each features images of two hands shaking, an eagle, and an elk surrounded by a leaf motif. A gold pin-back button is attached overtop the elk picture on the purple ribbon. The round button features an identical elk image in black. Below the iconography is text that reads [COLUMBIA / TEMPLE NO. 422 / DAUGHTERS OF / I.B.P.O.E. OF W. / WASHINGTON, D.C.]. Gold fringe decorates the bottom of the ribbons.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1940s
• Issued by: Columbia Temple #422 (I.B.P.O.E.W.), American, founded 1926
• Subject of: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
• Type: badges
• Medium: ribbon, metal, cord, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (20 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2013.46.17.4
• 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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