Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg no. 3 They breed in huge colonies

They breed in huge colonies with a density of up to 20 pairs on one square metre of rock

This is a great example of a folklore and belief that stretched for many centuries

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This cat was discovered behind the plaster when the owner was renovating a house that dated back to the 18th Century

For centuries

Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg no. 3 They breed in huge coloniesThis 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