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Ostrich Egg

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-2280

Description

Large, naturally brown-speckled egg; one large and one small hole (not decorated).

Details

Descriptive Terms

pictures (two-dimensional representations)
egg
ostrich eggshell
PICTURE, EGG

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.288

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