Easter egg "pysanky"; Ukrainian; made of raw egg, wax and dye, varnished at the end; panel decoration around circumference, reindeer at foot of tree repeated four times; each end decorated with an eight pointed star; of yellow, red, and orange color, brown background (?), green leaves. Length 5.5 cm.
Donor:
Diana T. Jacykowycz
Collection place:
Ukraine
Verbatim coll. place:
Russia/Ukraine made in Berkeley, CA
Production place:
Berkeley, Alameda County, California
Materials:
Eggshell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Easter eggs
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)