1961 Area 6-A Neckerchiefs
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Last weekend Woody Woodruff let me scan his North Carolina conclave neckerchiefs. Among the ones he had for me were these four varieties of the 1961 Area 6-A fellowship neckerchief. The two major color differences are generally known to North Carolina conclave collectors, however the variations on the tan neckerchief may not be as readily noticed. I thought these were interesting enough to warrant their own post.
The tan neckerchief is believed to be the piece that any brother who attended the fellowship could purchase. The first variation of this neckerchief has a dark brown Indian smoking a pipe. The black highlights are heavily screened.
I’m not sure sure if this second variation is truly different enough to be considered a different variety or whether it’s simply due to a slightly lighter application of the ink during the silk screening process or due to a slightly different color of neckerchief cloth. The brown Indian appears to be slightly lighter in color and the black highlights are not as heavy. Also note the tan cloth appears to have a slightly more “pinkish” hue to it. Personally, I would have some trouble telling these two apart without a reference collection. It should be left to collectors to determine if this is a significant variation they need to insert into their collections.
To my eyes, the third variation (left) is significantly different from the first two. The Indian is rendered in a color that could be described as either a shade of dark “burnt” orange or reddish-brown. Either choice of color label, clearly distinguishes this piece from the first two neckerchiefs shown here. No reference collection would be needed.
The fourth neckerchief is what I believe is a host lodge piece. If so, this would be the first item explicitly produced for members of the host lodge. It would have been issued to members of Croatan 117.
The same design is used on this neckerchief as the first three shown here. As can be seen the difference is that this piece is silk screened on red cloth, without the green piping. This piece appears to be much less common than the tan neckerchiefs, which makes sense if this was only for members of the host lodge
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