Button (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 300–1550 (Classic to Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Frances Pratt (Frances Usui/Mrs. Bumpei Usui/Mrs. Christopher Ritter), Non-Indian, 1913-2003
label: Seller
content: Frances Pratt (Frances Usui/Mrs. Bumpei Usui/Mrs. Christopher Ritter), Non-Indian, 1913-2003
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Frances Pratt (1913-2003, an artist and owner of Teochita, Inc., an art gallery in New York City) in 1962.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment: Notions
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/2132
label: Barcode
content: 232132.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment: Notions
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Button (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled