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This and 52 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Button Card 28.

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Button (Japan)

This is a Button. We acquired it in 1959. Its medium is ivory, mother-of-pearl, coral. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott. It is credited Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott.

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Button (Japan); ivory, mother-of-pearl, coral; Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott; 1959-66-158

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