| Title | Glass turkey egg |
| Date | undated |
| Material Type | Agriculture
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| Description | A glass turkey egg used to encourage turkey hens to lay eggs in a particular location. According to Mrs. Gold, to encourage a hen to lay eggs in a specific place, farmers would often begin making their nests and place the artificial nesting eggs in them with the hope that the hen would complete her nest in that location. This also helped the farmer keep track of which hens were laying eggs and where the eggs were located. The glass eggs remained in the nest until the hen laid and incubated the eggs and the offspring hatched. It was important to maintain this process and promptly remove the artificial egg so that it could be reused. |
| Dimensions | Length: 12 cm; Circumference: 26 cm |
| Subject | Turkeys -- Habits and behavior
Turkeys -- Reproduction
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| Geographic Region | United States
Southern States
South Atlantic States
South Carolina
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| SC Region | Low Country
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| SC County | Charleston County (S.C.)
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| Collector | Gold, Johannah
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| Collection in Repository | Johannah Gold Collection
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| Collection Note | The Johannah Gold collection contains objects from Mrs. Golds family relating to the history of farming in the Lowcountry. |
| Call Number | 2009.017.004b |
| Holding Institution | Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
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| Digital Collection | Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
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| Rights | Digital image copyright 2010, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424. |
| Media Type | Objects |
| Related Collection | Oral History Interview with Johanna Gold by Leila Potts-Campbell, February 11, 2009, in the Sol Legare Oral History Project, Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. |
