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Bone Buttons

These are simple bone discs of varying sizes. They probably were locally made...

Wampum, cylindrical

This is a cylindrical bead (and a fragment of a second bead) with small bore ...

Sewing Needles

Three needles were found in excavations at the Lot 35 Tavern. These are made ...

Straight Pins

Many straight pins and pin fragments were found in the fill from Feature 1 at...

Thimbles

Five brass thimbles were found in Feature 1. They range in size from 11.4 mm ...

White metal Military ...

These buttons are cast and made from white metal (light colored alloys). The ...

Stamped brass buttons

This flat disk with eye soldered to the back is the most common type found in...

Brass "Bullet" Buttons

This is an interesting two-piece, nearly spherical button referred to as a "b...

Decorated metal buttons

These are cuprous buttons with die-stamped designs. We know this because ther...

Wampum, spherical

This is also a wampum bead, but in a spherical form. It has a large diameter ...

Scissors

The nearly whole pair of scissors at left was found in the Lot 35 tavern cell...

Shell button

These two examples are simple shell discs with two holes. They are flat, with...

Faceted Glass Button

This is a domed, faceted button made of clear glass. The eye was inserted int...