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Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

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FS91397

Photographer

Hansen, Gregory, Collector.

Date

1988

Date Note

Photographed in June 1988.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project ; no 55

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

Accompanying note: "Note: rubber band on egg."

Pysanky (East European egg decoration) is created when patterns are drawn on eggs with wax, which then protects the covered areas from the dye that is applied. By repeating this process with different colors of dye, a multi-colored pattern is built up.

Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

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Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida

Subject

Decorative arts

Ethnicity, Polish

Ethnicity, European

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Styluses

Pysanka (Egg decorating)

Egg painting

Craft

Handicraft

Nature craft

Eggshell craft

Decoration and ornament

Egg decoration

Easter eggs

Pysanky

Eggs

Ethnic arts

Folk art

Material culture--Florida--Bradford County--Starke

Polish American women--Florida--Bradford County--Starke

Polish Americans--Florida--Bradford County--Starke

Eggs in art

Creator

Hansen, Gregory, Collector.

Date

1988

Identifier

FS91397

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in June 1988.

Geographic Term

Starke (Fla.)

Bradford County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project ; no 55

General Note

Accompanying note: "Note: rubber band on egg."

Subject - Person

Coskey, Evelyn, 1932-

Subject - Corporate

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

Duval County Folk Arts in Education.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Hansen, Gregory, Collector. Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida. 1988. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123361>, accessed 27 December 2024.

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Hansen, Gregory, Collector. Evelyn Coskey working with stylus during Polish egg decoration (pysanky) - Starke, Florida. 1988. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123361>

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(State Archives of Florida/Hansen)

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