Pin for the diamond anniversary of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal pin with a pin back. The pin is a circular gold ring with gold ivy leaves at center. The bottom portion of the circle has "A K A" on it and a diamond, while the top half of the pin has lettering that reads "Alpha Kappa Alpha."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1983
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
• Type: pins (jewelry)
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in. (2.9 x 2.9 x 0.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2013.133.2.12
• 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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