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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Small to medium-sized buttonhook made from steel hook shaft with applied cast-metal decoration, serving as handle. Handle decoration is an s-shaped scrollwork with lion's head biting his own tail. Tarnish and some rust areas.s

2024.41.078

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Female

Steel

1860 - 1910

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