Small AKA wooden paddle belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

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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.

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.”

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