Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons
Object Number:
Z.2704a-tt
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
largest: 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 0.6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Pewter buttons; basket design on front.
Gallery Label:
These buttons were found in the files of the N-YHS Field Exploration Committee. They were probably part of a collection of replicas of 18th and 19th century buttons owned by William L. Calver, the Committee's chairman.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
