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Bone carvings

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Ishango bone
are archaeological artifacts discovered in Congo and
tally stick
ancient memory aid device used to record and document quantities
oracle bone
pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron used for pyromancy in ancient China
Divje Babe flute
alleged bone flute found in Divje Babe Cave
Franks Casket
Anglo-Saxon carved chest
Lebombo bone
Artifact
Kapala
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pyromancy
thumb|150px|A candle's flame
scrimshaw
thumb|American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth, c. 1800 Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses.
bâton de commandement
type of prehistoric sceptre made of a bone perforated with a hole in its widest part
bone carving
folk art of carving designs in animal bones, teeth, horns, or antlers, or making figures or implements from these materials
Lindholm amulet
Bone piece with runic inscription
Sacrum bone of Tequixquiac
paleo-Indian sculpture
El Wad
Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in Mount Carmel, Israel
Paleolithic flute
flutes that date to the European Upper Paleolithic
Veroli Casket
decorative box from Constantinople
Venus figurines of Gönnersdorf
paleolithic depictions of the female body
Ribe skull fragment
Skull fragment inscribed with runes
heru
Māori ornamental comb
Kholmogory bone carving
Russian traditional handcraft
Bison Licking Insect Bite
prehistoric carving found in France