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Large round silver button with stamped scallop edge design and a pattern in the center / Native American; Navajo (Diné)

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Large silver, round-shaped concha button with stamped, scallop-edge design, and a pattern in the center. Large silver, round-shaped concha button with stamped, scallop-edge design, and a pattern in the center.

Concha buttons were originally used as belt decoration. These smaller buttons were used to decorate a variety of clothing and accessories.

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Title(s): 
Large round silver button with stamped scallop edge design and a pattern in the center
Culture: 
Native American; Navajo (Diné)
Date: 
circa 1920
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
silver
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Concho
Accession No: 
60.31
Previous Number(s): 
Lenders #3030
Department: 
Anthropology
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