Object Details
- Description
- A gavel sound block featuring the logo of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The block has a thick red acrylic body with curving edges. On the top of the block is a gold toned relief in the form of the Delta Sigma Theta crest, which features a woman's head in profile above a shield featuring a torch, laurel leaves, and a crossed sword and cane. Below the crest is a banner reading [?E?TA SIGNA TETA]. The plastic of the underside of the sound block is covered with black felt and has two manufacturer stickers.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Manufactured by
- AITG, American
- 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
- plastic, metal, felt
- Dimensions
- 5 × 3 9/16 × 5/8 in. (12.7 × 9 × 1.6 cm)
- Type
- percussion idiophones
