Button or Bead
Object type: Button or bead
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 9th–10th century
Medium: Bone; tinted and scratched
Dimensions: H. 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Diam. 7/16 in. (1.1 cm) 

Classification: Ivories and Bone
Geography: Excavated in Nishapur   Iran  
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Accession year: 1948