Four Silver Buttons
Datenot dated
Artist
unknown
(unknown)
MediumSilver
Dimensions15/16 × 1/2 in. (2.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1982
Object number1982-61.13
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.