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A dark colored emu egg incised with two motifs in Australian style. One motif shows two Aborignial figures, the other shows two kangaroos. There is one blow hole.
pictures (two-dimensional representations)
glassblowing
eggshell (animal material)
incising
glass (material)
Australian
figure- and animal-derived motifs
kangaroos, koalas, wombats, possums, and kin
Eggshell
Blown
Incised
Australian
Kangaroo
PICTURE, EGG
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Australia
5.25 (H), 4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.964
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