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Handmade Bone Buttons - 1/2"

5533-031-004
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Handmade Bone Buttons - 1/2"
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Handmade Bone Buttons - 1/2"

Product No. 5533-031-004

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These 1/2" Handmade Bone Buttons are made of genuine white bone and feature a nicely polished finish. Bone buttons have been in use from the earliest times and are authentic for most period clothing, bags and pouches. Available in other sizes, see related products below.

Bone Buttons: In the 17th and 18th centuries, bone buttons were often made in the home. They were usually made of cow or pig bone by soaking or steaming to softening. It is then separated into sheets of the thickness of the desired button, and a circular saw is used to cut out and remove the button blanks. These blanks are polished, and drilled for holes so they could be attached to garments. In the late 19th century, some are found mounted on metal shanks. Plain bone buttons tend to be utilitarian in nature, such as fastening undergarments. Carved or inlaid bone buttons were produced in the second half of the 19th century in factories and were intended for more elaborate outer wear. - - from A History of Button Manufacture, Use & Classification by Crazy Crow Trading Post

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