Object Details
- Description
- An Alpha Kappa Alpha metal lapel pin with a stickpin back. The pin is made up of three green ivy leaves that form a triangle. In each leaf is a gold letter, together spelling "A. K. A." The leaves are on a gold circle border decorated with pearls.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
- Date
- after 1913
- 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
- 5/8 x 5/8 x 3/16 in. (1.6 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm)
- Type
- pins (jewelry)
