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Object Number 991-12-60/15050E
Display Title Five Undecorated Gilt Gold Buttons, Two Sizes
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Five gilt gold buttons of smaller sizes. Plain and of two differing sizes. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a-c) 2 cm. (?) x 1 cm. (?) x 1 cm. (?); (d-e) 2 cm. (?) x .8 cm. (?) x .8 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Button, gilt copper, round, green corrosion, from two part mold
Classification
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (1/2 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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