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Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Small buttonhook made from steel hook shaft. Handle section of steel hook shaft is flattened, with bone slats "sandwiching" shaft, riveted in place by two rivets. Natural variation on color across bone grain. Steel hook shaft sustains discoloration from tarnish.
2024.41.054
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Accessory
Historic Costume
Buttonhook
Unisex
Steel
Bone
Steel with bone handle
1860 - 1910
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