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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Small buttonhook made from a small steel hook shaft which runs through a turned wooden handle. Wooden handle features discoloration from use, while steel hook shaft has sustained tarnishing and spots of rust. Wood handle ogee has a single carved ring at its upper apogee. Steel hook shaft has sustained many small dents and is pitted.

2024.41.056

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Unisex

Wood

Steel

1860 - 1910

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