Ivory buttons
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- Title:
- Ivory buttons
- Date:
- 1951
- Description:
- Four bullet-shaped wooden buttons with carved faces; four holes in each to attach to garment; origin Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
- Collection Title:
- Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Topical Subject:
- Kasai, Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic)--20th century, and Wood-carving--Africa--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Geographic Subject:
- Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan, Africa, Central, and Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Shelving Locator:
- 1989.001.126c-f
- Date Digital:
- 2009-08
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 46641
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