Non-military bone buttons

Title:

Non-military bone buttons

Date:

1860

Description:

Plain non-military buttons made of bone with depressed center and primarily four holes, though some contain five holes. Images show a small sample of twelve buttons of varying conditions before initial cleaning and desalination, seven buttons of varying conditions following cleaning and desalination, and thirty-five buttons of varying conditions following initial cleaning and desalination.

Collection Title:

Hunley Artifact Collection – Personal Artifacts

Contributing Institution:

Friends of the Hunley

Media Type:

Objects

Personal or Corporate Subject:

H.L. Hunley (Submarine)

Topical Subject:

Bone carving and Buttons (Fasteners)--1860-1870

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

HL-1147,HL-1256,HL-1324,HL-1533,HL-1543,HL-1554,HL-1555,HL-1728,HL-1729,HL-1920,HL-2336,HL-2496,HL-1256,HL-1324,HL-1728,HL-1729,HL-1920,HL-2336,HL-2496,HL-1244,HL-1245,HL-1255,HL-1310,HL-1326,HL-1327,HL-1328,HL-1331,HL-1435,HL-1436,HL-1440,HL-1612,HL-1628,HL-1629,HL-1634,HL-1680,HL-1771,HL-1790,HL-1791,HL-1922,HL-2077,HL-2089,HL-2090,HL-2115,HL-2310,HL-2330,HL-2875,HL-2894,HL-2900,HL-2901,HL-2910,HL-2913,HL-2915,HL-2916,HL-2930

Date Digital:

2003-01-07

Digitization Specifications:

300 dpi, 24-bit depth, Nikon E990

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2013, Friends of the Hunley. All rights reserved. For more information, contact Friends of the Hunley at 843.743.4865.

Admin ID:

30767