Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg The inner ear is removable

The inner ear is removable to show the semi-circular canals etc

This one has The Cruciferae (Wallflower) and The Rosaceae (Cherry tree) on one side whilst on the reverse is The Ranunculacae (Buttercup) and the Umbelliferae (Carrot)

As this repair is plaited in the same way as the rest of the strap this seems to have been repaired in the village

particularly in the top jaw whilst some of the remaining teeth were in poor condition

although most of the paint has work=n off over the last century

Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg The inner ear is removableThis specimen probably dates from mid to late 19th Century. This is known as "Kalti Paarti", the practice of carving emu eggs. This art form has been continued to the present day. These early example usually have quite nave carvings compared to the later tourist items. With this example if you look closely you can see where the shell has been scraped away with a blade of some description and smoother areas where the pattern was smoothed, often using