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Independent Order of Odd Fellows Daughters of Rebekah Gavel Presented to Fernwood Rebekah Lodge No. 396, Chicago, Illinois
1920
Maker not marked
USA
Wood, silver
overall: 3-1/4"h x 1-3/4"w x 10-1/2"d
Gift of David P. Miller, 33°
2012.026

Dark brown wood Independent Order of Odd Fellows Daughters of Rebekah gavel. Silver trim on end and on head. A band around the middle of the head is inscribed "Presented to / Fernwood R.D. Lodge No. 396 I.O.O.F. / on its 25th Anniversary / May 13, 1920 / by Fernwood Lodge No. 228 I.O.O.F.".


In Masonic ritual, the gavel is a symbol modeled on a stonemason’s hammer that reminds Masons to divest their hearts of vice. In the hand of a lodge Master, a gavel represents his authority as leader of the lodge and, practically, is used to run meetings and maintain order.