Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg This specimen probably dates from

This specimen probably dates from mid to late 19th Century

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

The belief seemed to be that a dried cat or dog would protect against witchcraft and scare a witch's familiar away from the house

particularly in the top jaw whilst some of the remaining teeth were in poor condition

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

Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg This specimen probably dates fromThis 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