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Button
A silver button showing an African head with close-cropped hair in profile facing left, wearing a headband tied in a bow at the back and what appears to be a beaded necklace that may possibly be emblematic of chains. Two broken lengths of chain flank the head to right and left within a circular border and the milled edge of the button.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2438 |
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| Collection: | Special collections; Relics |
| Type: | Button |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1820 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Overall: 11 x 21 mm |