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Ostrich Eggs Painting
The ostrich egg painting is an ancient art, and now mostly found in the African continent. Ostrich egg decoration has, for example, a long story in South Africa. The oldest decorated eggshells were discovered in a South African cave and date back to 60 000 years ago. Decorated ostrich eggs are found in almost all the ancient cultures of Africa, of the Near, Middle, and the Far East. The ostrich eggshell is very strong and durable. The average size is 15 cm long and 13 cm wide. The shell thickness is about 2 millimeters. The net capacity is a little more than 1 liter.
In Africa, ostrich eggs were commonly used as water flask, as hunter-gatherers of South African desert do even today. Due to its resistance, the shell can be not only painted but also engraved and carved: the natural color of ostrich eggs is creamy, so scratches let appear the white layer underneath and create a design. A typical product of South Africa is the engraved and carved ostrich eggs turned into lamps. Ostrich was a very common animal in the Prehistoric Middle East and Africa. Neolithic petroglyphs of the Jordanian Badia show ostriches hunting scenes.
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Maiden Africa Shop provide you best quality ostrich eggs painting south africa. All our paintings on egg are copyright and transferred using a Decoupage technique onto the drained and cleaned eggs. Finishing touches with paint are done by hand so that the final product is a work of art. Images are the same on both sides of the egg.
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