Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg This came with a collection

This came with a collection of items from a Russian medical school

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

This is a part of a molar from a mammoth Mammuthus primigenius which died about 50

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)

Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg This came with a collectionThis 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