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.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2438
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
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