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  2. Ostrich eggshell beads - Wikipedia

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    Ostrich eggshell beads, considered among the earliest ornaments created by Homo sapiens, [1] [2] represent some of the most ancient fully manufactured beads. [3] Archaeologists have traced their origins back to the Late Pleistocene , with evidence suggesting they were crafted as early as 75,000 years ago in Africa. [ 4 ]

  3. Kalti paarti carving - Wikipedia

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    Kalti paarti visible in middle left (just below ostrich egg in top left) Kalti paarti carving (also known as emu egg carving ) is an art form made by carving a kalthi-parti , or emu egg. The practice began in the mid to late nineteenth century and while it has been practiced by people in Australia from many backgrounds, it is often strongly ...

  4. Egg decorating - Wikipedia

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    Ukrainian pysanka Easter egg sculptures resembling pisanica in front of the Zagreb Cathedral, Croatia. Egg decorating is the art or craft of decorating eggs.It has been a popular art form throughout history because of the attractive, smooth, oval shape of the egg, and the ancient associations with eggs as a religious and cultural symbol.

  5. Ostrich egg - Wikipedia

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    Ostrich eggs in a nest on a farm The egg of the ostrich (genus Struthio ) is the largest of any living bird (being exceeded in size by those of the extinct elephant bird genus Aepyornis ). The shell has a long history of use by humans as a container and for decorative artwork, including beads .

  6. Diego Giacometti - Wikipedia

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    Ostrich, Bronze cast and ostrich egg, Ilana Goor museum, Jaffa. Diego Giacometti (15 November 1902 – 15 July 1985) was a Swiss sculptor and designer, and the younger brother of the sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

  7. Diepkloof Rock Shelter - Wikipedia

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    General view of the excavation during 2009 field season Excavation of the upper part of the deposit. Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human use of symbols, in the form of patterns engraved upon ostrich eggshell water containers.

  8. Easter egg - Wikipedia

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    The practice of decorating eggshells is quite ancient, [12] with decorated, engraved ostrich eggs found in Africa which are 60,000 years old. [13] In the pre-dynastic period of Egypt and the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete, eggs were associated with death and rebirth, as well as with kingship, with decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were ...

  9. San Zeno Altarpiece (Mantegna) - Wikipedia

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    Ostrich eggs were typically hung over altars that were dedicated to the Virgin Mary and can be found in later Italian Renaissance paintings, including Pierro della Francesca's Brera Madonna(1472) and Giovanni Bellini's San Zaccaria Altarpiece (1505). [6] Below the oil lamp is a strand of red rosary beads. [6]

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