An egg of an elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus), Madagascar, before 1650 Composed of fragments of various sizes, preserved egg. Length circa 30 cm, height circa 20 cm. The ratites were also called Madagascar ostriches. They grew to a size of more than three metres and weighed up to half a ton. Those harmless birds were probably hunted by the indigenous people of Madagascar and were extinct by the mid-17th century. historic, historical, handicrafts, handcraft, craft, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs, 17th cen, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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