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Which elaborate ivory objects were made in 17th-century Germany and Flanders?
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ivory carving
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.
During the 17th century, there was a notable revival of interest in ivory carving in Germany and Flanders. Highly skilled artists of this period produced many elaborate and sumptuously carved objects, including:
- Candelabra
- Plaques
- Statuettes
- Drinking tankards1