Ostrich egg
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1980 - 2006
Materials
Egg and paint
Measurements
144 mm (Height); 110 mm (Diam)
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575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1512722.1
Summary
A painted ostrich egg, African. With single blow hole to the centre underside. Painted in brown and white with a stylised scene of three hunters with bows pursuing a gazelle.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.