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t56 NAII]ONAI, B{J]I]ION 3UN,N,ETN July 1998

Two weeks later. we attended the California
State Meeting and found two collectors there,
Dorothy Tunison and Barbara Crabtree, who
claimed they had proof that the buttons we had
considered Bidri were actually inlaid silver buttons
from Motiwala. They even had the flyer from
The swan button which
Motiwala showing pictures of the "Bidri-like"
v,e had alwavs thought to
buttons. Needless to say, we were delighted to find be a Bidri.
the swan mentioned before from Juanita Hill's

The flver
shou'ing #N.NI'JtJ)*8UffOfiS5fts.
Motiwala's
inlaid
silver
bLtttons. 6l
Note the
sv'an on
the bottom
rov', first lee@@@@l
button.
This and
the atls on
pages I 60 @@@@d
and l6l
|'ere
supplied b1,
Doroth.tt @@@@@l
Tunisott of
California
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