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These buttons were recovered from the Wea Presbyterian Mission in 1997 by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and crew. The excavations revealed foundations for the Mission house, a spring house, and an outbuilding in addition to a filled in well. The Wea Mission (1834-1837) changed functions over time: the Osage River Subagency (1837-1844), the Wea and Piankeshaw Baptist Mission (1844-1857) and other occupants until 1909 when the house burned. The three buttons are all 4-hole sew through buttons, one each of metal, wood, and rubber.
Date: 1837-1857
Item Number: 455218
Call Number: 14MM322
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455218
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Sewing
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
People - American Indians - Missions - Wea Mission
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
People - American Indians - Tribes - Piankeshaw
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wea
Places - Counties - Miami
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