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decorated ostrich egg

richly decorated ostrich egg: houses, crocodiles, ships on a river, palm trees, pattern carved and then blackened (with soot?)

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Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus
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Object type
Ostrich egg (decorated)
Dimensions
Gesamt: Höhe: 17 cm; Breite: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Ostrich egg
Object genre
Items produced for sale (to exogenous and indigenous people)
Animalia
Current location
Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum
Inventory number
K 4029

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Egypt

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