Member badge for Daughters of the IBPOEW Temple #422
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1940s
name: label: Issued by
content: Columbia Temple #422 (I.B.P.O.E.W.), American, founded 1926
label: Subject of
content: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
notes: label: Description
content: Daughters of I.B.P.O.E. of W. member badge for Columbia Temple #422. At the top is a rectangular gold-colored metal bar with a pin back. The front of the bar forms a frame for the word [MEMBER], in black against a gold background. Two (2) ribbons are attached through a hook on the reverse. The ribbon at the front is purple, while the ribbon on the back is black. Each ribbon features identical images and text. Decoration on the purple ribbon is in gold, while the black ribbon features silver decoration. Each features images of two hands shaking, an eagle, and an elk surrounded by a leaf motif. A gold pin-back button is attached overtop the elk picture on the purple ribbon. The round button features an identical elk image in black. Below the iconography is text that reads [COLUMBIA / TEMPLE NO. 422 / DAUGHTERS OF / I.B.P.O.E. OF W. / WASHINGTON, D.C.]. Gold fringe decorates the bottom of the ribbons.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2013.46.17.4
objectType: label: Type
content: badges
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ribbon, metal, cord, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (20 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)