Member badge for the I.B.P.O.E. of W.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Member badge for the I.B.P.O.E. of W.: Date: 20th century. Created by: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898. Type: badges.
The object in the museum catalogue
A three-tiered, gold metal pendant attached to a wide ribbon made of purple silk with gold border and fringed bottom. The first tier of the pendant features a symbol of clasped hands, the second reads [MEMBER], and the third features an elk in black and white. Below the pendant, printed on the pendant is [PANDORA / LODGE No. 2 / I.B.P.O.E. of W. / Newport News, Va.].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 20th century
- Created by: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
- Type: badges
- Medium: metal and silk
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/4 x 3 in. (21 x 7.6 cm)
- Place depicted: Newport News, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Fraternal organizations
- Topic: Men
- Object number: 2011.166.2.1
- 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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