Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg Fossilized palm wood is also

Fossilized palm wood is also known as Palmoxylon

This looks to be the skeleton of either Plecostomus or Ancistrus species

The slides are in pretty good condition as is the original box

The bones have a lovely deep colour and patina that has been gained over the best part of a hundred years of use and handling

Magnified by 3 times"

Antique Australian aboriginal carved emu egg Fossilized palm wood is alsoThis 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