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Object Number 991-12-60/15048D
Display Title Five Gold Buttons with Moon Motif
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Set of five gold buttons with moon motif. Narrow and thinbly incised decorative band around rim. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Each: 1.9 cm. (?) x 1.9 cm. (?) x 1.6 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Button, gilt metal, circular with raised crescent moon, some red pigment
Classification
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 1.7 x 1.7 x 1.9 cm (11/16 x 11/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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