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Buttonhook
Clothing/Dress/Costume
A small buttonhook made from steel hook shaft and bone handle. Gentle rounded end handle of bone tapering to terminate into steel hook shaft. Natural color variations in bones grain. Slight discoloration on steel hook from tarnish.
2024.41.053
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Accessory
Historic Costume
Buttonhook
Unisex
Steel
Bone
1860 - 1910
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