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Ivory has been valued since ancient times in art or manufacturing for making a range of items from ivory carvings to false teeth, piano keys, fans, and dominoes. [9] Elephant ivory is the most important source, but ivory from mammoth, walrus, hippopotamus, sperm whale, orca, narwhal and warthog are used as well.
Afro-Portuguese ivories are the sculptural works of ivory produced by the people of west-central Africa's Lower Kongo region. [6] In the Kongo Kingdom, ivory was a precious commodity that was strictly controlled by chiefs and kings, who commissioned sculptors to produce fine ivory sculptures for their personal and courtly use. [2]
In 2012, Outtara established the Ivorian Fund for Women (FAFCI) to finance women-led micro-projects. [20] [21] The fund aims to facilitate women's financial empowerment, encourage entrepreneurship and address unemployment. As of April 2019, 200,000 women have received help from the fund, which currently has a capital of 12 billion FCFA.
Ivory from Africa was widely sought after outside the continent by the 14th century due in part to the poorer quality of Asian ivory. [31] While Asian ivory is brittle, more difficult to polish, and tends to yellow with exposure to air, African ivory often comes in larger pieces, a more sought after cream colour, and is easier to carve. Ivory ...
The Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle is an ivory sculpture probably created in the 1260s, currently in the possession of the Louvre Museum in Paris.The museum itself describes it as "unquestionably the most beautiful piece of ronde-bosse [in the round] ivory carving ever made", [1] and the finest individual work of art in the wave of ivory sculpture coming out of Paris in the 13th and ...
The clothing created by women was vital because life in Arctic conditions was not possible without extremely well-made clothing to protect from the bitter cold. The clothing was created by the careful sewing of animal skins and furs using ivory needles, which were highly valuable in Inuit society.
Director James Ivory is profiled in a new documentary about some of Merchant Ivory's seminal movies, including A Room With a View and Howard's End. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; Photos: Getty ...
The Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of cacao and cashews and has a subsistence agriculture-based economy. [15] However, under the customary system of land ownership , women are often denied access to land ownership; according to a 2013 World Bank report, Ivorian women, especially rural areas, are often "forced to negotiate plots of ...