Bone Disc
Description
Circular flat bone disc with one hole in the middle. A series of small grooves can be seen in circles around the base. This thin disc of bone, called a mould, would have been covered with silk, cloth, or other similar materials to make both cloth and decorative thread covered buttons. A button mould is simply a circular disc with a central hole which acts as the core of a cloth or thread covered button. The drill bits used to make these had a guide in the centre which left a hole. The centre hole is necessary when making "death head" and "basket weave" thread covered buttons. The bone for the moulds is made from refuse chips of bone sawn into thin flakes, and brought into a circular form.
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Object Detail
Width: 2mm