Question

Depictions of men collecting falcon eggs and a lion fighting a bull appear on a pyxis container made of this material created for Córdoban Prince al-Mughira. Five saints appear below a Deësis (day-EE-siss) scene in an artwork made of this material that belongs (-5[1])to the “Romanos Group.” In another work made with this material of the Harbaville Triptych, Victory stands on a small globe hovering above a horse-mounted Justinian. (-5[1])That imperial Byzantine diptych is named for Cardinal Francesco (*) Barberini. A once-standing statue whose body was made of this material showed its figure enthroned and holding Nike in his right (10[1])hand. Phidias used this material (-5[1])to form the body of his Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Gold and this material are used to create (-5[1])chryselephantine (-5[1])sculptures. (10[1])For 10 points, name this white material (-5[1])that carvers (-5[1])source from animal tusks. (10[6])■END■

ANSWER: ivory [accept Barberini ivory]
<Kane Nguyen, Visual Fine Arts>
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2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%25%107.75
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%20%94.60
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%50%50%87.75
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%88%131.25
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%33%104.67

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Danila KabotyanskiIndiana AIllinois A42-5
John MarvinChicago ANorthwestern A68-5
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Kennedy GallaherNotre Dame CPurdue122-5
Trenton BurgessIndiana BNorthwestern B123-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaWUSTL12410
Zach JosephNotre Dame AIllinois C131-5
Ryan HappelSIUEChicago B133-5
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Jiping FangIllinois CNotre Dame A13810
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BIndiana B13810
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern AChicago A13810
Eric YangPurdueNotre Dame C13810
William HoustonChicago BSIUE13810