Button

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Button

Entry/Object ID

2017.3.10

Description

Bronze circular button with roughly applied post back. The front of the button is etched with a petaled flower in the center, radiating lines, dots, and scallops around the edge.

Context

Produced for French traders to trade with Indigenous Americans.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.3

Source or Donor

Wiseman, Frederick M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Frederick M. Wiseman

Made/Created

Time Period

17th Century

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Abenaki
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Button

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Fastener, Textile

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Notion

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Depth

1/4 in

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Material

Bronze

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Country

France

Continent

Europe

Place

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America