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Carved "ale hen" signed by Martin Lien Moen, possibly Jackson County, Wisconsin, 1870.
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Hand-carved figurine used as a cigarette and match holder, David E. Wachter, Milwaukee, 1904.
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Barrel-front corner cupboard attributed to Aslak Olsen Lie, Klevenville, Dane County, Wisconsin, ca. 1855-1860.
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Collected in Jackson County,
Wisconsin, this form is a
traditional Norwegian drinking
vessel known ...
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Woodcarver and sculptor David E.
Wachter was born in Bavaria in
1837 and came to Milwaukee
around ...
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According to family tradition,
cabinetmaker Aslak Olsen Lie
made this cupboard as a wedding
gift for ...
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Cross stitch sampler, Margaret Miekel, Hartford, Washington County, Wisconsin, 1845.
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"Housewife" (sewing case) used by Ammi Doubleday Hawks, Delafield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, probably ca. 1860-1865.
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Horn-handled carving set, Carving set, F. A. Seaver, Lake Mills, Wisconsin, ca. 1875-1900.
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This framed cross stich sampler
features two alphabets, one set
of numbers, various initials,
two ...
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This sewing kit or
"housewife" was used
by Ammi Hawks. Born in New York
in 1834, he came ...
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Born in Vermont in 1822,
Frederick A. Seaver settled in
Lake Mills, Jefferson County, in
1845, where ...
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Yarn bag, possibly Ho-Chunk, Wisconsin, 1840-1880
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Basswood fiber bag, Ojibwe, northern Wisconsin, nineteenth century
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Pipe tomahawk, Joseph Jourdain, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1800-1835
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Historian Andrew Hunter
Whiteford attributed this
finger-woven yarn storage bag to
the Ho-Chunk ...
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This storage bag was created
with a hand-weaving technique
known as finger-twining. The
earliest ...
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This pipe tomahawk is marked
with an inlaid copper cresent
moon, the signature mark of
blacksmith ...
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Ornamental penmanship in frame, E. E. N. Lee, Forward, Dane County, Wisconsin, ca. 1890-1900
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Vase hand-painted by Hazel Miller Hanneman, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, ca. 1917-1930
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Engraved powder horn attributed to William Sweet, Chautauqua County, New York or Town of Springdale, Dane County, Wisconsin, ca. 1840-1860
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This calligraphy motto, which
reads "There is No Place
like Home" is hand-lettered
in ...
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Like many late nineteenth and
early twentieth-century
Wisconsin women artists, Hazel
Miller Hanneman ...
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William Sweet purchased land in
the Town of Springdale, Dane
County, Wisconsin in 1853 and
brought ...
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Tramp art stand associated with the Mount Horeb, Wisconsin area, ca. 1900
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Hair receiver ornamented with pyrography, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, 1912
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Light bulb with crocheted cover attributed to Elizabeth Beaty Nace McNaul, Town of Vermont, Dane County, Wisconsin, ca. 1900-1935
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This small stand is made up of a
lattice of small strips of wood
whittled into points, a style ...
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Women in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries used
covered dishes like this one,
known as ...
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A light bulb is refashioned into
a hot air balloon in this
hanging whimsy or decorative
ornament. ...
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Spinning wheel, Frank Fell, Mayville, Wisconsin, 1905-1935
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Framed hair wreath associated with the Bath family, Mayville, Wisconsin, 1894
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Splint basket attributed to Elmer Kelm, Mayville, Wisconsin, probably mid-twentieth century
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In their 1982 survey of
Wisconsin spinning wheel makers,
Victor and Patricia Hilts stated
that ...
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Fashioning elaborate wreaths
from the hair of family members
and friends was a type ...
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This basket is based on a
two-hoop frame construction. The
vertical hoop--a bent
branch--forms the ...
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