Button, Huey Newton, circa 1968

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Button (Information artifact)

Date Made

circa 1968

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2004.84.29

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Donated by Laura A. Young in Memory of Kathryn Emerson-Buntin.

Material

Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Celluloid (Cellulosic)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Diameter: 1.5 in
Depth: 0.188 in

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