Egg decorated by scratching away coloured surface, from Krystyna Majewska’s Collection of Easter Eggs, Gdansk, Poland

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In Slask and Opole a sharp instrument is used to scratch out the design on eggs evenly coloured beforehand. Here egg was boiled in onion skins. Krystyna Majewska

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Size: 5120px × 3401px
Location: Gdansk Poland
Photo credit: © Krystyna Szulecka / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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