Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Rebekah Degree Member's Collar
1934
Maker not marked
USA (likely)
Silk, metal
18-1/2"h x 2-1/2"w (stretched out) x 1/4"d
Gift of James J. Bennette
2017.034.15

Rebekah Degree Member's Collar, 1934, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Collar composed of two cords of silk, one pink and the other light green, twisted together and secured at ends with 5/8"-long grooved silver-colored metal fastener with serrated teeth on underside. Strung onto cord with gold-colored metal (likely brass) o-ring is grey-colored metal (possibly aluminum) pendant cast in shape of beehive with a circular eye at top for hanging. PENDANT OBVERSE: Raised images of, clockwise from top, a dove with an olive branch in its mouth, a daffodil, eight bees swarming around beehive hole, and a crescent moon with seven stars inside. PENDANT REVERSE: Raised design featuring the letters "F", "L", and "T" arranged counterclockwise at beehive's tips and, at center, the official IOOF seal: [arranged along inside edge of circle:] "WE COMMAND YOU TO VISIT THE SICK BELIEVE THE DISTRESSED BURY THE DEAD AND EDUCATE THE ORPHAN / [inside circle, image of two women with symbols between, all-seeing eye above] / [text below image arranged horizontally:] THE SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE / OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF / ODD FELLOWS / 1834".