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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 9113, member: 201"]If it's not a form of plastic, it might be a carved and polished nut of some type. There were lots of buttons made from tagua nuts, but I can't find examples that look like your button.</p><p><br /></p><p>The translucence and darker color makes it look like it could be horn, too. Here are some buffalo horn buttons...</p><p><a href="http://www.buffalohornbutton.com/?page=products_bhb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.buffalohornbutton.com/?page=products_bhb" rel="nofollow">http://www.buffalohornbutton.com/?page=products_bhb</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 9113, member: 201"]If it's not a form of plastic, it might be a carved and polished nut of some type. There were lots of buttons made from tagua nuts, but I can't find examples that look like your button. The translucence and darker color makes it look like it could be horn, too. Here are some buffalo horn buttons... [url]http://www.buffalohornbutton.com/?page=products_bhb[/url][/QUOTE]
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