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How did Phoenician craftspeople decorate ivory inlays for woodwork?
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Kinugumiut Inupiat incised walrus ivory shaman's figure, c. 1890; in the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, Smithsonian Institution, New York City.
Phoenician craftspeople were renowned for their skill in creating ivory inlays for woodwork. To decorate these pieces, they often employed techniques such as overpainting the ivory or encrusting it with materials like lapis lazuli or glass to enhance the visual detail and richness of the work.12