Digital Collections

Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Small buttonhook made from a brass pointed loop (hook), attached to a brass chain and small double-sided brass token, portraying a Chinese scene (Orientalism). Small mark of corrosion near bottom of token.

2024.41.067

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Female

Brass

1860 - 1910

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