Button
- Title:
- Button
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Prof. Emeritus Robert Ascher, one of the principal excavators
- Date:
- 1808-1830
- Site:
- Cumberland Island,Camden,Georgia,United States
- Location:
- Cumberland Island,Camden,Georgia,United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- Anthr1983_002_0153_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 983.2.153
- File Name:
- Anthr1983_002_0153_01.jpg
- Culture:
- antebellum
- Style/Period:
- military uniforms
- Work Type:
- buttons (fasteners)
- Materials/Techniques:
- metal
pewter (tin alloy) - Subject:
- metal buttons
plantations
georgia
slavery
georgia
georgia
eagles (birds)
military uniforms - Measurement:
- 21 (millimeters, diameter)
- Description:
- Round metal button with integral cast loop on reverse. Obverse cast design is an eagle, facing its left, holding in its right talons an olive branch, over an oval surrounding "1.RT". Albert [GI 32 R1C]. This is a uniform coat button from the US Infantry, First Regiment. Since slaves did not serve in the US military in this period, this button may have been found, handed down from an owner, or covertly taken by a house slave.
- Bibliography:
- Robert Ascher and Charles H. Fairbanks, "Excavation of a Slave Cabin: Georgia, U.S.A." Historical Archaeology 5 (1971), pp.3-17
Alphaeus H. Albert, Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons (1976), pp.20-21. - Archival Collection:
- Georgia Slave Cabin archaeological collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Collection 'Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections' are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Department of Anthropology. Physical artifacts from the Cornell Anthropology Collections were photographed by Cornell University Library in 2012-13 for inclusion in this image collection. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
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