Buttons
- Museum number:
- 9-23390
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090023390
- Accession number:
- Acc.4786 and Acc.4793
- Description:
- 3 bars with flat backs and a bird design front joined by chains. 2 small bells hanging from each, bronze - colored.
- Donor:
- Ann Yarwood Goldman and Paul Hockings
- Collection place:
- Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, South India
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collection date:
- 1970
- Materials:
- Metal (silver)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Buttons (fasteners)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- January 11, 2016 and September 30, 2011
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- whole— diameter 0.375 inches, whole— length 9 inches, whole— width 0.5 inches, whole— length 7 inches, whole— height 0.375 inches, whole— width 0.5 inches, whole— height 0.375 inches, and whole— height 0.5 inches
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