| carved when available. Many works commbine two or more of these materials;
for example, antler or ivory is often used as inlay in stone sculptues.
Although the generic term "soapstone" is commonly used, this is a bit
misleading. Soapstone, a soft talc steatite, is not used nearly as much
as the harder serpentine, serpentinite, silt stone, argilite, dolomite,
quartz and other types. Stone is the most versatile carving material
be-
cause it can be worked to almost any size and shape. Its colours range
from rather dull grey to luscious, almost semi-precious greens, whites,
blue greens, blacks, etc. Ivory, whalebone, antler and horn are more restrictive,
but Inuit sculptors have nevertheless managed to
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