African ivory was much preferred by the Indian craftsmen since it was less brittle and could be carved with more detail. Thousands of tusks were imported annually by the end of the sixteenth century.

The sculpture has been cast in bronze and is mostly complete, but needs a few finishing touches, including a patina. Once completed, sometime later this week, the piece will be loaded on a truck ...

Carved from mammoth ivory, it measures just 1.9 inches tall. This miniature sculpture, found in the South Moravian region, appears to depict a woman’s face. It features detailed eyes ...

Although as Henry Moore rightly observed in 1959, Epstein was the man who “took the brickbats for modern art, and as far as sculpture in this country is concerned, he took them first”, we will see ...

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They lived off of hunting mammoths, producing intricate ivory carvings, developing some of the earliest ceramic technologies, and even building shelters using mammoth bones. But their teeth tell ...

Golden is not the only city with these less-than-original works on display. In many towns and small cities through the country, a certain flavor of sturdy, weather-resistant bronze sculpture has ...

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