Buttonhook

  • Titles Buttonhook (Descriptive)
  • Medium metal
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art.; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ireland, AFI.19.1982.66
  • Work Type buttonhook
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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