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The earliest evidence of anthropomorphic wooden cult figures in areas that would later have Germanic-speaking inhabitants is from the Bronze Age.The Broddenbjerg idol, an ithyphallic forked-stick figure found in a peat bog near Viborg, Denmark, is carbon-dated to approximately 535–520 BCE. [2]
The seal-making device is also referred to as the seal matrix or die; the imprint it creates as the seal impression (or, more rarely, the sealing). [1] If the impression is made purely as a relief resulting from the greater pressure on the paper where the high parts of the matrix touch, the seal is known as a dry seal ; in other cases ink or ...
The board is made of walnut wood, 25 cm × 14 cm × 2.6 cm (9.8 in × 5.5 in × 1.0 in) and has a weight of 687 grams (1.515 lb). It is inscribed on one side with three lines, of which the first is mostly destroyed. The second line is written in Greek letters and reversed script, the third in Latin letters, also with reversed script. [6]
Struck Gogh-ld. A newly discovered Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million was likely found at a dusty Minnesota garage sale — where a buyer plunked down less than $50 for the world-famous ...
[1] Chinese seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of metals, wood, bamboo, plastic, or ivory, and are typically used with red ink or cinnabar paste (Chinese: 朱砂; pinyin: zhūshā). The word 印 ("yìn" in Mandarin, "in" in Japanese and Korean, "ấn" and "in" in Vietnamese) specifically refers to the imprint created by the seal, as ...
The statuette is made of ebony. [1] It was likely made from only two pieces; the figure from one piece of wood, and the base from another, since statues smaller than 30 cm were usually carved from one piece of wood. There are a few cracks in the wood. The main damage to the statuette is a sizable crack on Tiye's behind.
Maker’s Mark in Loretto, Ky., has launched a second Wood Finishing Series of limited releases with The Heart Release, which uses extra finishing staves to enhance the flavors that distillery ...
The East India Company's mark was made up from a '+', a '4' and the initials EIC. This mark forms the central emblem displayed on the Scinde Dawk postage stamps. [12] Also, it was a central motif of the East India Company's coinage. [13]