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| Jim Gibb |
Between 1930 and 1990, Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore had a number of small factories that manufactured shell buttons using shells imported from Fiji, Australia, the Indian Ocean, and the upper Mississippi Valley.
At the December 14 CCASM meeting Jim Gibb talked about the Smithsonian Institution's research into this obscure craft, focusing on the process of button making and the various conditions that first drew this industry to the region and then contributed to its demise. Some of the research done can be seen at SERC Research Project: Making Buttons on Delmarva from Imported Shells
And Jim also brought examples of different types of shells that had been drilled to make button blanks or plugs, a bag of blanks that would have been used for very small buttons, and a few drill ends.
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| Hands-on Time |
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| Shells with blanks removed and drill ends |
Dr James Gibb is the principal proprietor of Gibb
Archaeological Consulting and is also a Smithsonian Research Associate.
Jim is one of the founding members of CCASM.
Attendance: 6
Attendance: 6
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