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Darning Egg

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

GUSN

GUSN-10870

Description

Smooth, wooden elongated egg.

Details

Descriptive Terms

darning eggs
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
EGG, DARNING

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 x 1.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.632

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