File:Button (Haiti), late 18th century (CH 18383275).jpg

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English: Button (Haiti), late 18th century   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Button (Haiti), late 18th century
Description
English: Button depicting scene with three figures in a palm tree-filled landscape conversing. Two men wear native West Indies garments of skirts; one wears a red feathered crown; the other holds a bow and carries a quiver of arrows on his back. Woman on the left wears a Western skirt with no shirt and a red scarf on head; her back is towards the viewer and she carries a basket of flowers.
Date late 18th century
Medium gouache paint on tin verre fixé, ivory (backing), glass, gilt metal
Dimensions H x diam.: 1 x 3.7 cm (3/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Product Design and Decorative Arts
Accession number
1949-94-4
Credit line Gift of R. Keith Kane from the Estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
Notes
  • Type: button
  • Country: Haiti
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