Different tools are used to carve the designs on to the emu egg surface. Initially stone tools were used and in more recent times sharp metal tools like pocket-knives and shearing cutters have been adopted. The shearing cutter, like the example displayed here, is the essential egg-carving tool. Ian 'Toongee' Kennedy, like the other artist on display, has used the shearing cutter to produce the designs on his eggs.
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