Object class: Fasteners / Function: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Belt clasp, accession number 9-21334, described as Ivory belt clasp. Dragon straining for the pearl of perfection; in high relief on raised platform over 5 x 3 cm platform with notched corners and a border of long loops. Notch for closing dovetail in back.

Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 5-848, described as Bottom of the welk shells are cut off and European lead bullets are pounded through the center. One shell is worth one cattle.

Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 5-924, described as Ivory buttons; joined; design on top; total length 5.6 cm. Collected 1947-8.

Hearst Museum object titled Button, accession number 5-840, described as Made by men. The hard ivory is softened for carving by placing it in the siol of the urinals. The designs are incised and then filled with soot.