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Logo pin for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Object Details

Description
Alpha Kappa Alpha metal logo with a small metal loop attached to the top of each. The pendants are gold ovals with a portrait of Nellie Quander on embossed one side. Text under the portrait reads “Nellie/Quander / 1911-1918 / FIRST SUPREME BASILEUS.” On the other side of the pendants a portrait of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle is embossed. Text under this portrait reads “ETHEL HEDGEMAN LYLE / 1908 / FOUNDER OF A K A.”
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Subject of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, American, 1887 - 1950
Nellie Quander, American, 1880 - 1961
Date
ca. 1918
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.
Medium
metal
Dimensions
1 3/16 x 3/4 x 1/8 in. (3 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm)
Type
logos
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