figurine

Example Sentences

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In Vogelherd Cave in Lone Valley, for example, archaeologists uncovered a small mammoth figurine carved from mammoth ivory.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

“I got this figurine from a Mexican well-wisher 20 years ago. I take it everywhere. She takes care of me. And I believe in that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Other items he claimed to have found included a Roman knee brooch, another horse figurine, an axe and a hoard of Roman coins.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

In the museum, a clay animal figurine from ancient Persia stood alone in a glass case.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

He studied a small ceramic figurine of a pharaoh or god.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros