Souvenir Emu Egg

Description:

Vertically mounted, brown-speckled emu egg secured to a circular turned wood base by a scrolled wire frame decorated with a kangaroo on ball and garlands of fruit on top and fern leaves on sides. No apparent marks.

Date Made: 1875 - 1900

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: EuropeAustralia: South Australia

Depicted; Decorative Motif: AnimalsSubject: Souvenirs

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Bequest of Victor J. Evans (Victor Justice Evans Collection)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.361496Catalog Number: 361496Accession Number: 113605

Object Name: egg, emu, mounted

Physical Description: egg, emu (egg material)silver (mounts material)ebony (base material)Measurements: overall: 13 3/8 in x 4625 in; 33.9725 cm x 11747.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-2944-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301090

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