Decorated ostrich egg
Ostrich egg, with hole at the top to blow out the contents, painted in oilswith an oval scene of African life. A tribesman stands in front of a hut with two other huts in the near foreground and a plam tree. The mountains in the backgrounds are stipple painted as is most of the rest of the picture. Badly faded inscription reads: 'Souvenir From South Africa.'
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Object Details
ID: | AAB0206 |
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Collection: | Natural History |
Type: | Ostrich egg |
Display location: | Not on display |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 160 mm x 140 mm |