Also found in: Thesaurus. Related to False Faces: False Face Societyfalse face n. A mask that is fashioned after the face of an animal or a human, especially such a mask carved from wood and used in the rituals of an Iroquois secret society. American Heritage® Dictionary of the ...
back when she was drunk all the time, back when she was still sleeping with men. The place was called the Phantom Limb, a dimly lit hipster dive in the Marigny district of New Orleans, the interior decor consisting of old prosthetic arms, legs, hands and feet that dangled from the...
It was not created to compensate for wood grains. Regular script can be properly carved out of wood. Also, in Mainland China this style is called Song (宋體), which is a bad name at best as there is no evidence of this style appearing before the Ming Dynasty. There have been ...
The intricate designs and skilledcraftsmanship of these artifacts demonstrate the advanced skills of ancient artisans, who were able to work with a wide range of materials, including wood, stone, clay, and precious metals. The preservation of these masks also speaks to the ingenuity of ancient ...
They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’New Living TranslationTo an image carved from a piece of wood they say, ‘You ...
The post caused a heated discussion online.Some criticized the offending behavior, saying, “I don’t want to visit the Palace Museum only to find relics being carved by immoral tourists.” Others said it is common that ancient relics in Palace Museum are being damaged and laws should be int...
Also splendid the gilded wood caisson ceiling, into which 46 panels, painted by the major Neapolitan artists of the day, were inserted at the end of the 1500's. The last part of via Toledo gives onto piazza Dante. Decorated by the monument to Dante (1872) by Tito Angelini, it is ...
The violins made by Stradivari and Amati were the most famous in those years. Masters made instruments from walnut, maple and lemon wood. The wood was dried in natural conditions for two years, then the parts were carved and fastened together with natural glue. Later the violin was covered ...
wood, or even plastic (page 96). One merchant who had a self-proclaimed monopoly on rhino horn imports alleged that he hadimported 36,700 kilogramsof rhino horn from 1970 through 1986 (page 28). The regional market may have peaked in the 1980s, when North Yemen was estimated to be impo...