Sentence examples for carvings of from inspiring English sources

Groups farther west made hook carvings of the Bahinemo type and also carved hook patterns on shields and slit gongs.

The seat was carved in the shape of a lotus flower, its base decorated with carvings of flowers and lions.

Particularly expressive are carvings of animals.

They are like wood carvings of phantasms with antlers.

Nearby are the extraordinary temple carvings of Khajuraho.

Other sculptures and wood carvings of his depicted idealized scenes of everyday Iraqi life.

They sit cross-legged among pink columns with carvings of gaudy green-and-white dragons.

All had originally been the typical funereal carvings of the place.

Still others made rubbings of the carvings of their relatives' names.

Shields were disk-shaped and were decorated with relief carvings of X-shapes and circles.

Other Assyrian carvings of the period also show patterns that survive in modern designers' repertories.