ivory
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Early dolls were crafted from bone and ivory, not unlike Eve from Adam’s rib.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
We encounter paintings on canvas and on copper; bronzes, terracottas and an impressive ivory; dispassionate portraits, intimate sketches and pitiless caricatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
In return, the museum is loaning treasures including from the Sutton Hoo hoard as well as the Lewis chess pieces, made from walrus ivory in the 12th Century.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The head is brown to black and has several ivory to yellowish spots, which helps separate it from its native counterpart, the smoke-tree sharpshooter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The dressing-table was bare, except for a large bottle of hair-wash and a pair of ivory hair-brushes.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
“Diana” precedes an extraordinary gathering of elaborate furniture, once in Versailles; tapestries; and improbably opulent 18th-century French silver—plus a wealth of medieval ivories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rumours that Taylor Swift would turn up and tinkle the ivories were shot down by Grammy producer Ben Winston.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025
She started moving her fingers around the ivories just to get a feel for the instrument, and her wife ran in saying, “Press record!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
Shadow, from the Andrades, bound to Hort Town with furs and ivories.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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