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# Button

Cast, copper alloy button or ornament, in the shape of a stylised bird with a short, fanned tail and wings curved back in flight; a pierced lug for attachment on the underside. Two incised lines form a saltire on the upper surface of the body. The head is missing beyond a raised collar.

- **Kind:** artefact

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3704-g](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3704-g) · Pramāṇa
