Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg no. 3 human amnion

human amnion

Another unusual and intriguing looking skull and a great addition to a collection

This is a very well cleaned and prepared skull and complete with quadrate bones although the pterygoid are missing

the skull has been separated and lost

This is a really nice looking and a very tactile item

Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg no. 3 human amnionThis 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