The Button Collector
2004
Cast and carved bone marrow buttons (one button from each bone in the body), fragments of pocket lining and thread of military uniforms from various wars, carved bone (cufflinks, spools, record holder, domino and die), excavated spoon, buttons and bullets from various battlefields, excavated “pain bullet,” soldier-made Civil War marbles, wool from a Civil War field blanket, WWI soldier’s envelope fragment, bronze teeth, American porcupine quills, bird egg, prehistoric amber, 50,000 year old meteorite fragment, bone ash, bone glue, lint, dirt, wormy chestnut, ash
15” x 3” x 13”