At right, Marilyn Rockafellow displays some of her chip carved items. The chip carved birdhouse is styled after the Scandinavian Stabbur houses. She won second place in geometric category at a carving ...

HIS STORY. 300,000 VISITORS DESCEND UPON THE USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM EVERY YEAR TO LEARN ABOUT THE SHIPS, BEGINNING HERE IN BOSTON AND THE LEGENDARY BATTLES OLD IRONSIDES AND HER CREW FACED AT SEA.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. CARVED SITTING BIRD ON A FLAT, ...

Appraisal: Folk Art Carved Bird Tree, ca. 1900, from Kansas City Hour 1. Watch Nancy Druckman's appraisal of a folk art carved bird tree, ca. 1900, in Kansas City Hour 1.

A tiny carving of a bird discovered in what is now modern China is one of the oldest known sculptures unearthed there. The find suggests sculpture was invented separately in Europe and Asia. “It’s ...

Found at the Lingjing site in China's Henan province, the sculpture of a bird standing on a pedestal, made of burned bone, is very well preserved. Francesco D'Errico, a researcher for France’s ...