Digital Collections

Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Small buttonhook with mother of pearl handle carved into a feather or knife-like shape. Handle is set into small shank, out of which is a wire diamond to serve as "hook." Discoloration on wire.

2024.41.065

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Female

Steel

Wire

Mother of Pearl

1860 - 1910

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