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Australian carved emu egg (Kalti Paarti), displaying native…
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Wellington
Date:
5-Oct-2022
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Australian carved emu egg (Kalti Paarti), displaying native animals and Aboriginal with boomerang and shield. Pictures are created by scratching, scraping and carving away the outer layers of shell revealing different shades of blue, blue-green, brown or grey. This practice of carving emu eggs began in the mid to late nineteenth century and is most often strongly associated with Aboriginal Art. 16 cm length
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