Apron with IBPOEW iconography

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Discolored white canvas apron with purple trim and printed iconography of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World. Apron consists of two (2) pieces of canvas, a half-circle overtop a larger square. The half-circle piece features stylized purple text that reads [IBPOE of W]. The square canvas features an image of a male elk standing in a field above an elaborate banner bearing the phrase [CERVUS ALCES]. Canvas is trimmed with purple ribbon and has a matching purple tie.

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