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Object Number 36-79-20/4517
Display Title 4 pair of buttons - bocamangas, to close slits in serapes - silver, shell design
Descriptions
Object Description 4 pair of buttons - bocamangas, to close slits in serapes - silver, +
Inventory Description Silver fasteners, impressed shell design, hook on 1 fastens to hole on ot
Classification
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Guerrero / <County> / Clacotopec
Materials Silver
Dimensions Overall: 2.6 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm (1 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 36-79-20/4517

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