Small AKA wooden paddle belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1942-1943
name: label: Created by
content: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
label: Signed by
content: A. Clarice Taylor, American
label: Signed by
content: Helen Collins, American
label: Signed by
content: Annie Sillard, American
label: Signed by
content: Maralyn Warner, American
label: Signed by
content: Maud Dillard, American
label: Signed by
content: Lenore Blackstone, American
label: Signed by
content: Fanette Bradley, American
label: Signed by
content: Evelyn Robinson, American
label: Signed by
content: Carmen Brown, American
label: Signed by
content: Evelyn Slaughter, American
label: Signed by
content: Roberta Eastland, American
label: Signed by
content: Lillian Taylor, American
label: Signed by
content: Helen Lowery, American
label: Signed by
content: Areta L. Rodgers, American
label: Signed by
content: Ovida Harrison, American
label: Signed by
content: Veradine Carter, American
label: Signed by
content: Geneva Burney, American
label: Signed by
content: A. Moore, American
label: Signed by
content: Jewel Plummer, American
label: Signed by
content: Laura Mitchell, American
label: Signed by
content: Muriel R. Simmons, American
label: Signed by
content: Betty Powell, American
label: Signed by
content: Irene Rutledge, American
label: Signed by
content: Olivia Turrentine, American
label: Signed by
content: Nedra White, American
label: Signed by
content: Bengena Blocker, American
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a small wood sorority paddle. Down one side are large Greek letters Alpha Kappa Alpha “A / K / A” in black paint. Under the letters is the Alpha Kappa Alpha crest hand painted in black paint. Along the handle in black paint is text that reads “Soror Etta -v Barnett.” The other side of the paddle is inscribed with handwritten names in black paint. There is a date written in black paint at the end of the handle “1942-3.”
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Sororities
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.13.1.3
objectType: label: Type
content: paddles (ball game equipment)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood with paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 30 5/16 × 3 5/16 × 9/16 in. (77 × 8.4 × 1.5 cm)