Three Silver Buttons with Turquoise
Datenot dated
Artist
unknown
(unknown)
MediumSilver, turquoise
Dimensions1/2 × 1 in. diameter (1.3 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1982
Object number1982-61.12
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextAmerican artist John Sloan collected many silver buttons during his summers in Santa Fe, New Mexico. By the mid-19th century, Navajo were producing and wearing decorative silver buttons.
