6 inches tall Authentic African Ostrich Egg or Sale for Painting Egg imported from South Africa.  It has a circumference at the middle of the egg of approximately 15-1/2 inches.  Empty Ostrich Egg are used for painting eggs, carving eggs, engraving , scrimshaw art and for display in home decorating.  Each ostrich eggshell is individually boxed. These are Real - Not Replicas and will have natural imperfections.  Some have natural light tan dots inside the pores of the egg.   In Africa, ostriches have been raised for their eggs, meat, feathers and hide for at least 150 years.    Ostrich eggs are the world's largest egg!!!