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  2. Stone carving - Wikipedia

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    Stone has been used for carving since ancient times for many reasons. Most types of stone are easier to find than metal ores, which have to be mined and smelted. Stone can be dug from the surface and carved with hand tools. Stone is more durable than wood, and carvings in stone last much longer than wooden artifacts.

  3. Funerary art in Puritan New England - Wikipedia

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    The next major publication was Allen Ludwig's 1966 book Graven Images: New England Stone Carving and its Symbols, 1650-1815, although it tended to focus on describing specific examples rather than presenting broad overviews or analyses.

  4. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Alabaster stone carving is popular among Western tribes, where catlinite carving is traditional in the Northern Plains and fetish-carving is traditional in the Southwest, particularly among the Zuni. The Taíno of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are known for their zemis – sacred, three-pointed stone sculptures.

  5. Haida argillite carvings - Wikipedia

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    Meaning is suddenly apparent in argillite carving, as are important Haida figures such as chiefs and shamans and sacred or religious themes. Haida myths begin to be represented in the carvings, the Bear-Mother myth being one of the most common myth themes that appear in this period.

  6. In a secret Alabama cave, 1,000-year-old carvings thought to ...

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    The carvings were cut into the mud veneer of the cave’s ceiling, possibly with a stone tool, and the process of accumulating layers of mud on the surface has continued since they were made.

  7. Zuni fetishes - Wikipedia

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    [12] Realism in carving style is a matter relative to the beliefs of its owner, and the realism in contemporary carving is a product of collector request and demand and the intent of Zuni carvers to raise the level of their art form through participation in the world of contemporary art. The enigma, or apparent paradox relevant to Zuni belief ...

  8. Gemstone Meanings: Power and Significance of the 25 Most ...

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    Gemstone Meanings: What They Really Stand For Catherine Delahaye - Getty Images Jewels, birthstones, gemstones—so many names for the glitzy, glamorous stones so many of us love to wear each and ...

  9. Stone sculpture - Wikipedia

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    A stone sculpture is an object made of stone which has been shaped, usually by carving, or assembled to form a visually interesting three-dimensional shape. Stone is more durable than most alternative materials, making it especially important in architectural sculpture on the outside of buildings.