Return-path: [log in to unmask] From: [log in to unmask] Full-name: Diacarl Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 06:47:11 EST Subject: Re: Pierced Coins, Buttons and John Canoe Festivals To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 45 I posted the following a couple of days ago, and thought maybe I should clarify it a little: >>I have posted photos of pierced coins and buttons found on sites in rural North and South Carolina, on my web site at <A HREF="http://encore-net.com/diachronic/">Diachronic Encore</A> (http:/encore-net.com/diachronic). Does anyone have any thoughts? I am particularly curious about geographic and temporal ranges for this phenomenon in the US. This question deals with pierced coins, buttons and tokens used for adornment. In a related question, at Somerset Place Plantation, in Eastern NC, we found about a dozen examples of metal buttons--the stamped back, gilt buttons Stanley South called "type 18" and other typical 18th and 19th century buttons--which had been pierced two or four times. I called these "recycled buttons," assuming they were pierced to allow them to be sewed on. However, historic evidence tells us that a "John Canoe" festival was held at Somerset. This festival calls for an elaborate costume of which shiny buttons could easily be a part. I was wondering if anyone else working in areas where such festivals took place had seen anything like these buttons >>The John Canoe festival practiced in Eastern NC is unique in North America, as far as I know. Anybody have any thoughts on that? Thanks, Carl Steen