Roman Bone Carving - Public domain museum image. A statue of a woman's face on a wall
Summary
A face carved on a piece of curved bone. The face is framed by hair and part of a winged head-dress remains. Coptic.
Bone carving encompasses the acts of creating art, tools, and other goods by carving animal bones, antlers, and horns. It can result in the ornamentation of a bone or the creation of a distinct object. Bone carving has been practiced by a variety of world cultures, sometimes as a cheaper, and recently a legal, substitute for ivory carving. It was important in prehistoric art, with notable figures like the Swimming Reindeer, made of antler, and many of the Venus figurines.
Tags
Date
0001 - 1000
Source
Hunt Museum
Copyright info
public domain