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Independent Order of Odd Fellows Second Degree Banner
Possibly the Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Compan…
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Second Degree Banner
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Second Degree Banner
Possibly the Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Compan…
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Second Degree Banner Possibly the Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Company Photo by José Andrés Ramírez
Record Details

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Second Degree Banner

Date1882–1900
Place/RegionCincinnati, Ohio, United States
MediumPaint on silk, with bullion and metal
Dimensions32 × 22 3/4"
Credit LineGift of Kendra and Allan Daniel
Accession number2015.1.1
CopyrightThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.
Description

These banners show the variety that was available after the mid-nineteenth century. Some are painted, others are embroidered; some show the symbols all in gold, others employ different colors. Shapes and trimmings vary. Regalia makers generally sold banners in sets, with one each for the Initiatory Degree and three degrees of Odd Fellowship. These banners, whose dates are not known, display the symbols associated with the Third Degree in the structure prior to 1882 and the Second Degree thereafter. The blue ground is recognized as the symbol of the heavens, of divine eternity, and human immortality. As one Odd Fellows manual explained, “It is the proper symbol of Brotherly Love, indicating that it should be as far-reaching and constant as the ends of the earth.”

Stacy C. Hollander, "Independent Order of Odd Fellows Second Degree Banner," exhibition label for Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2016.

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