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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Large buttonhook made from two pieces. Hardwood handle, turned with rounded taper end and series of graduated reeds terminating above ssteel hook shaft. Small bras joining flange inserted into wood handle, into which the steel hook shaft is set. Dicoloration of steel hook shaft from tarnish.

2024.41.045

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Unisex

Wood

Metal

1860 - 1910

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