Title: Button or Bead
Object type: Button or bead
Date: 9th–10th century
Medium: Bone; tinted, incised, and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Diam. 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1938
Geography: Excavated in Nishapur   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY