Souvenir Emu Egg
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Vertically mounted, brown-speckled emu egg secured to a circular turned wood base by a scrolled wire frame decorated with a kangaroo on ball and garlands of fruit on top and fern leaves on sides. No apparent marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
label: place made
content: Australia: South Australia
topic: label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Animals
label: Subject
content: Souvenirs
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Victor J. Evans (Victor Justice Evans Collection)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.361496
label: catalog number
content: 361496
label: accession number
content: 113605
objectType: label: Object Name
content: egg, emu, mounted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: egg, emu (egg material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (mounts material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/8 in x 4625 in; 33.9725 cm x 11747.5 cm