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The Venus of Brassempouy, about 25,000 BP 11th-century Anglo-Saxon ivory cross reliquary of walrus ivory. Ivory carving is the carving of ivory, that is to say animal tooth or tusk, generally by using sharp cutting tools, either mechanically or manually. Objects carved in ivory are often called "ivories".
They were carved in various locations across the Ancient Near East, including Egypt, modern Syria and Lebanon, with relatively few carved locally. [6] The ivory used to make these objects would originally have been derived from Syrian elephants which were endemic in the Middle East in ancient times, but by the 8th century BC the Syrian elephant ...
Chinese craftsmen carved ivory to make everything from images of deities to the pipe stems and end pieces of opium pipes. [18] In Japan, ivory carvings became popular in the 17th century during the Edo period, and many netsuke and kiseru, on which animals and legendary creatures were carved, and inro, on which
The Gravettian culture is known for their artistic works including the famous Venus figurines, which were typically carved from either ivory or limestone. The culture was first identified at the site of La Gravette in the southwestern French department of Dordogne. [8]
Ivory carving was a widespread practice in the Mediterranean world, beginning before the time of the Roman empire. [7] Ivory was expensive due to the distance between sub-sahara Africa and India, where elephant tusk was procured, and the Mediterranean, [8] where it was carved.
Around 1160 northern European ivory carving was greatly reduced, which may well be because the material was less easily available. Around 1260, at the start of the Gothic period, elephant ivory began to reach Europe again, and the industry greatly increased. [4] The Norse also carved items in walrus ivory, notably the Lewis chessmen.
These elaborately carved wind instruments carved from ivory were made for Europeans by African artists. [13] Because the oliphants were used in battle and hunting, they were usually decorated accordingly, with scenes of hunting, combat, and a collection of animals and figures that correlated to the activities taking place.
Sitemap of Dolní Věstonice 1 and 2. Dolní Věstonice is an open-air site located along a stream. Its people hunted mammoths and other herd animals, saving mammoth and other bones that could be used to construct a fence-like boundary, separating the living space into a distinct inside and outside.