{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"5050"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Kendra and Allan Daniel"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1930"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2015     1   17"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2015.1.17"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on silk, with bullion and metal"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4958/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"4958"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Independent Order of Odd Fellows First Degree Banner"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Textiles"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":"These banners were used during rituals in the Odd Fellows lodge, and were held by a member who was the \u201cbanner bearer.\u201d By 1882, when the degree structure was changed, the color and symbols were associated with the First, or Friendship, Degree. Prior to that date, however, they would have been used for the Second, or Love, Degree. The images of the bow and arrows paralleled the use of three-dimensional wood bow and arrow props in the lodge. During the ritual, the biblical story of the friendship and love between Jonathan and David was reenacted. Just as the symbols depicted on banners held certain meanings, so did the color of the silks. Pink was understood to be a combination of red, the symbol of divine love, and white, the symbol of divine wisdom. Pink thus became the symbol for a love of divine wisdom. Stacy C. Hollander, \"Independent Order of Odd Fellows First 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. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1882"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":"These banners were used during rituals in the Odd Fellows lodge, and were held by a member who was the \u201cbanner bearer.\u201d By 1882, when the degree structure was changed, the color and symbols were associated with the First, or Friendship, Degree. Prior to that date, however, they would have been used for the Second, or Love, Degree. The images of the bow and arrows paralleled the use of three-dimensional wood bow and arrow props in the lodge. During the ritual, the biblical story of the friendship and love between Jonathan and David was reenacted. Just as the symbols depicted on banners held certain meanings, so did the color of the silks. Pink was understood to be a combination of red, the symbol of divine love, and white, the symbol of divine wisdom. Pink thus became the symbol for a love of divine wisdom. Stacy C. Hollander, \"Independent Order of Odd Fellows First 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. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Textiles","Fraternal Art and Objects"]},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1882\u20131930"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Sunday, May 29, 2022 - Friday, September 5, 2025","exhibitionEndISODate":"2025-09-05","exhibitionID":"247","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2022-05-29","exhibitionBeginDate":"2022","exhibitionTitle":"Mystery & Benevolence (Travel)","exhibitionEndDate":"2025"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, January 21, 2016 - Sunday, May 8, 2016","exhibitionEndISODate":"2016-05-08","exhibitionID":"168","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2016-01-21","exhibitionBeginDate":"2016","exhibitionTitle":"Mystery and Benevolence","exhibitionEndDate":"2016"}]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"155446"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"29 1/2 x 21 1/2 \" (74.9 x 54.6 cm)"}}]}