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Cane for Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity

2011-2014

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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

A wooden, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity cane wrapped in red plastic tape and decorated with white stripe and white and red stripe decals wrapped along the body of the cane, forming red, diamond shapes. The front of the cane has been decorated with white decals that spell the Greek letters, kappa alpha psi [? / ? / ?] in the top red diamond, [1 / 9 / 1 / 1] in the middle diamond and the Greek letters, Phi Nu Pi [F / ? / ?] in the bottom red diamond. The handle of the cane and the bottom of the cane has been wrapped in a white, plastic tape.

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Catalog reference: 2014.172.2

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