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and members of the court wear beaded clothing and adornment during state occasions
" This is a genuine early example of these and not a more modern reproduction
the practice of carving emu eggs
The spotted look of palmwood is caused by fossilized rod-like structures within the original wood
The deeper it is carved
Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg no. 3 and members of the courtThis 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
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