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GUSN-28250
Set of 40 bone buttons possibly made from horn. A string holds the buttons together with another button covered with white weave piece of cotton fabric. NOTE: The original 1918 accession card notes there are 42 bone buttons.
buttons (fasteners)
ivory (tooth component)
Fastener, Button
Fastener, Button
Unknown
7/16 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1918.824
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