Button, mid-19th century (CH 18711597-2)
Summary
Circular button, convex (with flattened top), tin back and brass shank. Button is made of a disc of carved bone showing a dog standing. On reverse: "Extra fein."
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Bone carving encompasses the acts of creating art, tools, and other goods by carving animal bones, antlers, and horns. It can result in the ornamentation of a bone or the creation of a distinct object. Bone carving has been practiced by a variety of world cultures, sometimes as a cheaper, and recently a legal, substitute for ivory carving. It was important in prehistoric art, with notable figures like the Swimming Reindeer, made of antler, and many of the Venus figurines.
Tags
Date
2016
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
public domain