Pin for a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal pendant. The circular pendant is gold in color with the Alpha Kappa Alpha seal embossed at center. Lettering around the seal reads “Alpha Kappa Alpha / SORORITY INC. / LIFE MEMBER.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 2000
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
• Type: pendants (jewelry)
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: 1 x 7/8 x 1/16 in. (2.5 x 2.2 x 0.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2013.133.2.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Society of Washington, DC and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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