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Wooden Nesting Eggs

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Collection Type

  • Agricultural equipment

GUSN

GUSN-45913

Description

Pair of wooden eggs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

egg
wood (plant material)
Egg, Nest
Egg, Nest

Inscription

"Two wooden eggs from a group of some 8 or 10 found in the old hen house on the 17th cent. Story Farm (Essex Mass, Story St.) / Nov. 1955 - behind 17th Cent. Story house" (Handwritten on inside cover of box cover eggs are stored in.)

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Elmer K. Keith

Accession Number

1957.16.1-.2

Places

Essex (Essex county, Massachusetts)

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