elpend-bān

elpend-bān, n.n: ivory (elephant-bone). (EL-pend-BAHN / ˈɛl-pɛnd-ˌbaːn)

An elephant tusk carved with the Christ Child embracing his mother.
Virgin and Child; Egypt (Byzantine), 7th-8th century; The Walters Art Museum 71.297. [thematerialcollective.org]

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