Norwegian Flour Box c. 1850 | Artifact Spotlight | Time Travel Iowa

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This flour box was brought to the Decorah, IA area by an immigrant from the Sigdal or Eggedal region of Norway sometime in the 1850s. It was painted in 1871. The painting technique is known as rosemåling, a traditional form of decorative folk art which originated in Norway. The screws holding on the lid would have originally been wooden pegs. The box would have stored flour for baking.

Artifact: Norwegian Flour Box
Date: c. 1850
Museum Location: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, IA

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