Object Details
- Description
- A gold-toned gavel used by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. The head of the gavel is cylindrical and rounded with molded indentations around the circumference of the head. The handle of the gavel is molded into the Greek letters [? S T] written vertically and starting near where the handle meets the head. The bottom of the handle is rounded and tapered, slightly bulbous at the very end.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
- Date
- 1992
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- 10 1/2 × 3 × 1 1/2 in. (26.7 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm)
- Type
- gavels (ceremonial mallets)
