Sentence examples for small carvings from inspiring English sources

The western edge of the area is best known for its small carvings of human figures and for its carved canoe ornaments.

Items also included ivory jewellery and small carvings.

Excitedly he produces a polythene bag full of coins,  jewels and small carvings.

A few small carvings show infants lying on baby carriers; they were used in magic for human fertility.

The earliest known sculptures delicate small carvings in ivory and bone are about 34,000 years old.

There were small carvings and sculptures from ivory, scrimshaw, stone, plaster and even the children's clay Sculpey.

The best Ming sculpture is found not in large statues but in small ornamental carvings of jade, ivory, wood, and porcelain.

Small figure carvings are made in Zambia, mostly in the west.

Small tripointed carvings that were often human or zoomorphic in form represented the spirits (zemi) of the land.

In Sevilla (Seville) small ivory carvings of religious figures were left in the cathedral by soldiers going to war.

The book begins in Japan with De Waal inheriting a wonderful collection of small Japanese carvings – netsuke – from his uncle Iggie.