Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1970

Materials

CHICKEN EGGS, BEESWAX, DYE

No. Pieces

3

Description

.1 5.7 CM LTH., 4.4 CM DIA. HAND DECORATED WITH BEESWAX, STYLUS DYE TECHNIQUE. EGG IS MAROON COLOR (SLIGHTLY FADED); HAS TWO LARGE STARBURST PATTERNS ON IT, WITH BLUE WITHIN EACH. .2 5.4 CM LTH., 3.8 CM DIA. HAND DECORATED WITH BEESWAX, STYLUS DYE TECHNIQUES. EGG IS A MAROON COLOUR WITH TWO LARGE DIAMOND PATTERNS, AND A WHITE STRIPE AROUND EGG WITH SMALLER DIAMONDS WITHIN IT. DIAMOND COLORS ARE YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, RED, AND PURPLE. .3 5.7 CM LTH., 3.8 CM DIA. HAND DECORATED WITH BEESWAX, STYLUS AND DYE TECHNIQUE. EGG IS MAROON COLOR (SLIGHTLY FADED). HAS FOUR SMALL STARBURSTS AROUND CENTER OF EGG AND ONE ON EACH END. THE COLOURS WITHIN STARBURSTS ARE BLUE, RED, GREEN, AND YELLOW. EGG HAS A LOOSE ITEM INSIDE.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

ETHNOGRAPHIC

History

UKRAINIAN-CANADIAN HERITAGE. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THREE DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF LETHBRIDGE. THOUGH THE ASSOCIATION HAS DISBANDED, SHE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS OBJECT AND 81 OTHERS DONATED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN 1973 WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE GALT MUSEUM'S 'UKRAINIAN ROOM' EXHIBIT. ACCORDING TO LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1969 AND 1976, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE GALT ARCHIVES (199110764419, 1991107612370, 199110764421, AND 199110764422) THE UKRAINIAN ROOM WAS INSTALLED IN 1966, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS MOVED FROM THE BOWMAN CENTRE TO THE GALT HOSPITAL BUILDING. THE ROOM WAS FURNISHED WITH OBJECTS DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION, AND THE GROUP HELD ANNUAL TEAS THERE. THOUGH THE CATALOGUE NUMBERS OF THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION DONATION REFLECT A 1973 DONATION DATE, THE INITIAL ACQUISITION YEAR LISTED IN HARDCOPY FILES IS 1966, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE OPENING DATE OF THE UKRAINIAN ROOM. IN ADDITION, ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROOM DEPICT OBJECTS THAT ARE NOW HELD IN COLLECTIONS (P19738277001-GA, P19738277002-GA, AND P19738277003-GA CAN BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED, WITH OTHER OBJECTS IDENTIFIED SPECULATIVELY). IN 1984 THE MUSEUM DISMANTLED ALL ITS DISPLAYS IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING'S RENOVATION AND EXPANSION, AND ACCORDING TO BRAD BROWN, GALT EXHIBIT DESIGNER, WHEN THE FACILITY REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1985 ALL THE EXHIBITS HAD BEEN REWORKED, AND THE UKRAINIAN ROOM NO LONGER EXISTED. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19738197000 FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19738268000

Acquisition Date

1966-03

Collection

Museum

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