<i>Pisanka</i> Decorated Easter Egg
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content: Hard boiled and painted eggs, are traditional Easter egg decorations called <i>pisanka</i> in Poland and Pysanka in the Ukraine. They are made to be exchanged at Easter to symbolize new life. The eggs traditionally blend geometric symbols that represent fertility, protection, and the natural world with emblems of Christianity.
topic: label: Subject
content: Easter
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Pastushenko
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.379042
label: accession number
content: 147510
label: catalog number
content: 379042
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Egg, Easter
label: Object Name
content: egg, decorated