Pennant for the Zeta Phi Beta sorority's 45th Boulé: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Zeta Phi Beta Sorority felt pennant. This triangular shaped pennant is a faded royal blue on the front. It has a white stripe along the one short straight edge, and white lettering that reads "ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY Inc. / 45th Boule/ July 11-16, 1965/ the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City." To the left of the letters is the sorority crest. This depicts a shield shape with fourteen rays emanating from the top. The shield itself is divided into three fields. The two outermost fields show lit torches, while the middle field shows the three Greek letters of the sorority, under three stars, and over an open book with the date 1920. There are two blue felt strings attached to the white strip along the short side of the pennant.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1965
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
• Type: pennants
• Medium: felt
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 13/16 × 21 × 1/8 in. (17.3 × 53.3 × 0.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2014.74.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kevin A. Christian
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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