Buttons

Museum number:
9-21342
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
IV-2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Round, silver buttons. Hammered. 1 cm diameter.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Manchu (Qing) Dynasty 1644-1911
Culture or time period:
Manchu people and Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buttons (fasteners)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
Manchu (Qing) Dynasty
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Buttons for Mandarin dress.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Diameter— diameter 1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21342, described as Round, silver buttons. Hammered. 1 cm diameter.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21342, described as Round, silver buttons. Hammered. 1 cm diameter.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21342, described as Round, silver buttons. Hammered. 1 cm diameter.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Buttons, accession number 9-21342, described as Round, silver buttons. Hammered. 1 cm diameter.

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