This gemlike carving material was obtained from walruses as well as elephants
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Topix  Topix  Aug 29, 2010 ... Good luck at work. Don't get too close to .... This gemlike carving material was obtained from walruses as well as elephants. First Prev. of 4789.
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Ivory - Wikipedia  Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally elephant's) and teeth of animals, that ... The trade in certain teeth and tusks other than elephant is well established and ... Elephant ivory is the most important source, but ivory from mammoth, walrus, .... Ivory has always been a highly valuable material for carving.
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Ivory carving - Wikipedia  Ivory is by no means just obtained from elephants; any animal tooth or tusk used as a material for carving may be ... Elephant ivory, as well as coming in the largest pieces, is relatively soft and even, and an ideal material for carving. ... In early medieval Northern Europe, walrus ivory was traded...
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* Ivory (Jewelry) - Definition,meaning - Online Encyclopedia - MiMi.hu  These materials were often exquisitely painted and carved and were used for snuff and ... Ivory: A hard, smooth yellowish-white substance made from the tusks of elephants and walruses. ... Ivory obtained from the remains of wooly mammoths. ... An amorphous gem, like jet, amber, or ivory, does not have a regular internal...
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J! Archive - Show #1423, aired 1990-11-07  This gemlike carving material was obtained from walruses as well as elephants .... The ancient city of Byblos was known for its production of this material, hence...
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ANIMAL SCULPTURE - Unique Animal Sculptures Collection at ...  Animal Themed Sculpture: NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, features ... Wood sculpture, 'Speak No Evil Cat' - Suar Wood Sculpture ... Asana Pose Yoga FrogCarved Wood Sculpture ..... Balinese suar wood statuette seeing no evil, speaking no evil and hearing no evil. ... I love the jewelry found on Novica.
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diamond - Search-ID.com  Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial applications and jewelry. ... that charcoal has the same composition as this gem; This precious stone is crystalline carbon ... "Is yet made soft by the blood of a goat"; The tip of your dentist's high-speed drill is made of tungsten carbide & may contain this gem...
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J! Archive - Show #1215, aired 1989-12-08  Chinese carvings of this stone from the Ching period are especially treasured by collectors ... An intaglio is essentially the reverse of this type of gem carving...
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October 11, 2008  ... buffalo The bulls of this tusked aquatic mammal also known as the morse may weigh over 3,000 pounds walrus While on safari in Africa, your guide may point...
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Ancient Elephant Museum  Sep 20, 2010 ... It's an 'Elephant', the biggest creature that is closely relating with both ... Tha Chang yielded a rich ancient elephants fossils as high as 9 genus ... 6) Stegolophodon Stegolophodon was a gomphothere with four ... It lived in the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs, and may have evolved into Stegodon, 10-1.6 Ma.
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Scrimshaw - Wikipedia  Scrimshaw is the name given to scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. ... Carved whale bone whistle dated 1821. ... Walrus tusks, for example, may have been acquired in trade from indigenous walrus hunters. ... such as 10,000- to 40,000-year-old mammoth ivory, is completely unrestricted in its sale or...
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From Whale Jaws to Corsets: How Sailors' Love Tokens Got Into ...  Apr 29, 2015 ... Known as a busk, this long, flat, rigid object would slide into a tall, ... From the 17th through the 19th century, corsets, known as stays, would often be lined with baleen, ... any baleen, as well as skeletal whale bone and walrus-tusk ivory. ... engraving decorations into whale's teeth and into their hand-carved...
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Sculpture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Priceless! | Pinterest ...  American (1844 - 1926) - pastel on brown paper - ...... Griffins are known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions. ...... Hope Diamond US Mail parcel-1958 - Hope Diamond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... When he donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958, jeweler Harry Winston sent...
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an extremely rare jade 'boys' bowl qing dynasty, qianlong period  Oct 8, 2008 ... Legacies of Imperial Power: Treasures from the Imperial Collection ... the translucent albicant white stone superbly carved with a whimsical ... Art and is illustrated in James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, pl. ... The Qianlong emperor was a great patron of art, especially jades...
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Chinese Jade: Romancing the Stone - Art & Antiques Magazine  a Chinese Imperial spinach-green jade water buffalo, with a gilt bronze stand, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (173695), 20.8 cm.; ... The mainland Chinese ferociously pursue jade in all forms and from all eras, but especially imperial ... carvings that retain some aspects of the stone were very much treasured by Westerners.
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Olmec Culture - Student Resources in Context - Gale  Stirling uncovered artifacts proving that the Olmec were a distinct people with a ... in Mesoamerica before the Mayait seemed as if suddenly and out of nowhere a ... Found at several sites, these mammoth sculptures carved from basalt (a .... by jaguar heads carved in travertine (a marble-like stone like limestone), as well...
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RUNNERS OF MUD AND ICE: THE HISTORIC QAMUTIIK::Mushing ...  Mar 1, 2010 ... At first sight a modern qamutiik looks simple in design: Two wooden ... If no wood was avaible, the coastal Arctic peoples made sleds out of ... Inuit, walrus ivory is attached to the bottom of the bone runners for easier gliding.
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The Laws Behind Collecting Ivory - Art Appraisers - MIR Appraisal ...  Sep 6, 2011 ... His agent had purchased large amounts of raw ivory, carved them and ... works of art, such as: knife handles, figurines, piano keys, false teeth ... is usually much darker and dated looking due to its ancient status. ... Whale teeth and walrus tusks are commonly found with decorative etchings on the surface.
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jade | gemstone | Britannica.com  For millennia the jade carved by the Chinese consisted of nephrite from the ... As early as the Neolithic period the Chinese were carving jade into tools and simple cult ... the introduction of iron tools made more accomplished carvings possible, ... of Mexico and Central America carved jadeite for use as ornaments, amulets,...
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Scrimshaw - Wikipedia  Scrimshaw is the name given to scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the handiwork created by whalers made from the byproducts of harvesting marine mammals. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the ... Scrimshaw is derived from the practice of sailors on whaling ships creating...
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Animals - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Walrus These animals are the only pinnipeds with tusks. Cetacea (whales .... It was said rajahs gave their rivals these white elephants to create financial burden.