EGG, DECORATED
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- CHICKEN EGGS, BEESWAX, PAINT
- Catalogue Number
- P19738295000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- CHICKEN EGGS, BEESWAX, PAINT
- No. Pieces
- 7
- Description
- .1 WINE COLOURED, WITH 2 LARGE STARBURST PATTERNS IN GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, PINK. DESIGN EXPOSES WHITE SHELL. .2 BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, ORANGE, RED. DESIGN CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF SMALL ELEMENTS, INCLUDING ROWS OF DIAMONDS. ENDS OF EGG HAVE BEEN LEFT WHITE. .3 BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, LIGHT ORANGE, GREEN. DESIGN IS BROKEN INTO FOUR QUADRANTS BY TWO WIDE, PERPENDICULAR, WHITE LINES, WITH DESIGNS WITHIN THEM. THE FOUR QUADRANTS ARE EACH BLACK WITH LIGHT ORANGE BORDERS. .4 BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, GREEN. BASE COLOUR IS BLACK. DESIGN IS BROKEN INTO 4 QUADRANTS BY TWO WIDE, PERPENDICULAR LINES THAT GO AROUND EGG LENGTHWISE. WITHIN THESE LINES ARE YELLOW LATTICE DESIGNS AND TRIANGLES WITH GREEN BORDERS AND FLOWERS WITHIN THEM. EACH OF THE FOUR QUADRANTS HAS A YELLOW FLOWER WITH GREEN STEMS AND LEAVES. .5 BLACK, WHITE, GREEN, RED, ORANGE. THERE IS A ROW OF INTRICATE DIAMONDS AROUND CENTRE OF EGG (WIDTHWISE). EACH END OF EGG HAS A RED STAR, ONE END WITH A WHITE CENTER, AND THE OTHER WITH A RED AND BLACK CENTER. .6 RED, WHITE, YELLOW, ORANGE. HAS A ROW OF WHITE FLOWERS GOING AROUND EGG, LENGTHWISE; 2 ROWS OF RED, YELLOW, AND ORANGE DIAMONDS GOING AROUND EGG LENGHTWISE, AND 2 LARGE RED OVALS WITH JAGGED YELLOW BORDERS. .7 RED, YELLOW, PURPLE, MAROON, GREEN, WHITE. BASE COLOUR OF EGG IS RED WITH A MULTI-COLOURED GEOMETRIC PATTERN. ONE SIDE OF EGG IS FADED CONSIDERABLY. BOTH ENDS OF EGG HAVE HOLES IN THEM, WITH MEMBRANE OF EGG STILL VISIBLE (MEMBRANE TURNED BLACK). TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN GEOMETRIC PATTERN.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- ETHNOGRAPHIC
- History
- UKRAINAIN-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
- P19738295000
- Acquisition Date
- 1966-01
- Collection
- Museum
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