Banner with motto of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs

Object Details

Created by: Unidentified
Used by: Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1910
Subject of: National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896

Description: A purple silk banner with gold fringe and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs' motto, "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" painted in large gold letters. The banner was used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. T Above the words is a painted design of three interlocking triangles, the center of which is filled with the two on either side in outline. The bottom of the banner is scalloped and has an attached length of fringe. The top of the banner has a sewn loop running its length for a rod (2010.2.1b) to be inserted. There is a strip of gold fringe sewn just below this loop. The rod is currently stored in place in the banner. It is painted gold at the ends and has a dowel inserted at the end of the proper left side with a hole for a dowel on the proper right side.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

ca. 1924

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: silk (fiber) , wood , paint
Dimensions: 2010.2.1a: 37 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (94.6 × 80 × 3.5 cm); 2010.2.1b: 13/16 × 31 1/2 × 13/16 in. (2.1 × 80 × 2.1 cm)

Place collected: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Movement: Women's Club Movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Communication; Communities; Political organizations; Politics; U.S. History, 1865-1921; Women; Women's organizations

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52a64232d-631d-4e5d-a6c8-91e350a26331