Egg shell

Item

Title

Egg shell

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Ear Ornament
Ornament

Description

Egg shell in stages of completion towards a string of carved discs, probably worn around the neck or the wrists.
1. Drilled
2. Drilled and rounded
3. Drilled, rounded and lukular greased
4. Broken shell ready to be carved
[FHM21/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Ostrich; Eggshell; Bird
Beadwork

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.965
A36/965

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

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Catalogue card for ETH.ANG 2.965 Physical Object