Member pin for the Afro-American Sons and Daughters: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Member pin for the Afro-American Sons and Daughters. This is a composite object: a gold colored pin holding a blue ribbon that has a button attached to the bottom of the ribbon. The gold pin is rectangular shaped with a safety pin closure on the back as well as another pin closure below to hold the ribbon. The front of the pin is a small frame holding a piece of white paper with text that reads [MEMBER]. Below the pin is a royal blue ribbon made from synthetic satin with printed gold text that reads [Afro-American / SONS AND / DAUGHTERS]. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a white button with the seal of the organization; two concentric circles with the text, [AFRO-AMERICAN / SONS AND / DAUGHTERS] prints between the circles and an upside down triangle that has text in white written in each leg of the triangle [FORESIGHT / FAITH / ENDURANCE]. At the center of the triangle is a figure. On the back of the blue ribbon is gold text that reads [Adcraft Mtg. Co. Chi.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: early 20th century - mid 20th century
• Manufactured by: Adcraft Manufacturing Company, American, founded ca. 1924
• Issued by: Afro-American Sons and Daughters, American, 1924 - 1960s
• Owned by: Rhonda Daniel Lowery, American, born 1901
• Type: pins (fasteners)
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: brass with synthetic fiber and metal, paper and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D (overall): 3 11/16 × 1 15/16 × 3/16 in. (9.4 × 5 × 0.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (gold pin): 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. (2 × 5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (ribbon): 1 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (4.8 × 4 cm)
• Dimensions: Diameter (button): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
• Place used: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Object number: 2014.177.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gwen Lymon in loving memory of Rhoda Daniel Lowery
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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