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When did Egyptian artists begin using relief carving on ivory?
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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.
Egyptian artists began using the technique of relief carving on ivory sometime after 3000 BCE. Prior to this development, Egyptian artisans had already been working with ivory and hippopotamus teeth to create various utensils and amulets since the predynastic and early dynastic periods.1