Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
- Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, American, 1887 - 1950
- Nellie Quander, American, 1880 - 1961
- 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.”
- 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.
- ca. 1918
- Object number
- 2013.133.2.15.2
- Type
- logos
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1 3/16 x 3/4 x 1/8 in. (3 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Associations and institutions
- Education
- Sororities
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.133.2.15.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504aaef81-3e0d-4e03-8e37-425c062c5e2d
