Buttons

Dateca. 1900-66

Mediummetal, paper

Dimensionsbox: 1 1/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (2.9 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)
button, each: 1/4 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.3 cm)

ClassificationsClothing, Costume, & Accessories

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Sarah Louise Cook via the Albuquerque Historical Society

Object numberPC1967.1.25.A

DescriptionA bundle of silver colored buttons attached by a wax coated thread. The imprinted design, a cross design with a center point, was likely stamped into the top of each. The buttons are from Mexico City. The buttons live in a box with a red stamp on the top reading, "JOYERIA 'EL TESORO' GONZALO KOELIG AV. MADERO 17 MEXICO, D.F."

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