Wooden egg darner on blue handle

Object/Artifact

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Name/Title

Wooden egg darner on blue handle

Entry/Object ID

2021.2.337

Description

Elongated wooden egg darner on thin glove darner handle. Entire handle, except rounded bottom, are dyed indigo blue. Bottom of handle may have been flat previously, but whittled to make a rounded end. Top of egg is flat, with scratch marks from previous needle usage.

Collection

Carolyn Headley Darner Collection

Category

Tools

Acquisition

Accession

2021.2

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

darning eggs

Dimensions

Height

17.4 cm

Material

Wood

Color

Brown, Blue

Research Notes

Notes

Reference: pp. 46-47 in "Darn It!"

General Notes

Note Type

In-House Note

Note

*Stored separately with other blue darners.