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Carving of an Egg

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

19th Century

GUSN

GUSN-10652

Description

Wood carving of an egg(?) highlighted with off-white paint at either end and a light brown center which could possibly be worn paint. There is a large crack running across and through all of one side so perhaps this is to be a large walnut?

Details

Descriptive Terms

carvings (visual works)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Painted
Carved
Carving

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.544

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