Carved Vegetable Ivory Buttons, ca. 1840. Note: Vegetable Ivory is a renewable Rain Forest material from a palm tree nut called tagua or corozo. Before plastic became common in button production, about 20% of all buttons made in the USA were made of vegetable ivory because of its hard and dense properties.
ID
6094655
Category
Jewelry
Medium
Bracelet
Price
$75.00
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