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Where were early Aegean ivory figures of acrobats found?
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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.
Early Aegean ivory figures of acrobats were found at Knossos on the island of Crete. These artifacts date back to the 16th century bce and are considered among the earliest examples of preclassical Aegean ivory carving.1