Title: Button or Bead
Object type: Button or bead
Date: 9th–10th century
Medium: Bone; tinted, incised, and inlaid with paint
Iron; remains of pin
Dimensions: Button height: 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)
Button with addition height: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Diam. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1940
Geography: Excavated in Nishapur   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY