orthodox icon mammoth ivory handcrafted

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Orthodox icon of mammoth ivory handcrafted. In practice, the production of icons in the Russian Orthodox Church found the manufacturer of icons in the genre of small plastic technique hand-carved out of wood or mammoth bones. This tradition traces its history to the times of old belief and in recent years been revived by folk artists. Such icons are small in size but fully match the Orthodox Christian Canon.