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He moved closer to the nearest capital to inspect its carving, a vigorous Romanesque scene of a monkey in the act of winding up a crossbow.
A carving of the whale, mounted by its rider, occupies the prime spot above the local wharenui, a permanent reminder of the tribe's beginnings.
Items of rose and sandalwood gained popularity as ivory became a scarce raw material for carving.
The Kamba people are very well known for their wood carving skills and basket making.
Test the meat is done to your liking, then remove and allow to stand for at least 10 minutes before carving.
Several series of images from this visit depict techniques, ranging from weaving and basketry to pottery making and calabash carving.
I think he craves the attention and the thrill of the chase more than carving notches on his belt.
Handscrews can also be useful for holding irregular-shaped pieces for carving or spokeshaving work.
When carving the background areas, one must be careful not to grind away too much white stone.
The four supports below the main block also bore carving, now spalled beyond precise recognition.
The complete absence of grain and texture makes carving difficult and unrewarding.
India is known for textiles, rugs, metalwork, bronzes, copper-and brassware, stone carving, pottery, woodwork, and jewelry.
Moulds could also be made by carving out of stone, usually soapstone or slate and occasionally old Roman tiles.
The course consists of 10 days on snow doing snowploughs through to high-speed carving and a series of teaching sessions.
This method of carving is also apparent in Lazarus, as the statue has a natural, unprocessed look.
Roof bosses, like sedilia and gargoyles, were often given humorous or grotesque decoration although foliate carving was also common.
A spokesperson for Oxfam said that the EU, US and others are carving up the world into a series of agreements that undermine multilateralism.
On our way down, a boarder in a bright blue jacket catches my eye, carving tight and skimming across the snow like she's flying.
The inlaws do the carving of the Pukumani poles which are made from the bloodwood tree, then painted with ochres and erected around the grave.
The envelope expresses texture and depth not through carving, but through two-dimensional patterns on the skin.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Self-deception is the anaesthetic of life, while God is carving out our beings.
I see that you will start carving me anon, and take me to Monmouth's camp in sections.
No one but an attendant should ever handle the carving knife and fork, or the bread knife.
On the shelf beside the door was a butcher knife which she also used for carving.
It was only when coming back, carving knife and fork in hand, that she spoke again.
It is characteristic of this style that the carving is not so deep as in the previous work.
There is not a vestige nor indication of carving or decoration of any sort or kind.
For instance, H. 3rd came into the parlor the other day carrying the carving knife.
In the floor in front of the altar are also several pieces of ninth-century ciborium heads, and bits of twelfth-century carving.
He was a very extraordinary and ingenious man, and wrote upon everything, from farriery to carving.
On the altar, there are angels with flambeaux in their hands, of wooden carving.
It is housed in a tall case of dark-red mahogany veneered on oak, with restrained carving featuring ribands and foliate motifs.
Chippendale, in his book, gives very elaborate directions for preparing the wood from which this fretwork carving was to be made.
A figure is given of a goat playing on a shawm from a carving of the twelfth century at Canterbury.
She existed as much when he was at his carving in his lodging in ilkeston, as when she sat looking at him in the Marsh kitchen.
The whole apartment presents a finished specimen of joinery, with a tasteful display of ornamental carving.
She carried a swagger stick of Philippine camagon wood, tipped with a rare piece of Chinese ivory carving.
Not only outside the house but inside as well, one comes across McIntire's wonderful carving.
Others, while agreeing as to the painting, claim that the carving was designed and executed by a Tsimshian.
Here the stream which has done all this carving and tunneling has got to the end of its tether.
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