Objects
Ostrich egg with engraved map. 19th century
Ostrich egg with engraved map. 19th century
Number
МАЭ № 4256-1
Title
Ostrich egg with engraved map
Ethnicity
Persians
Date
19th century
Collectors-person
Unknown
Material
ostrich egg shell
Dimensions
length of circle 44, height 15.0.
Annotation
Engraved ostrich eggs were popular attributes of Near East house decoration. One of traditional decorative themes were maps, at that pretty accurate.
Corpus
Ethnography of South and South-West Asia