By happy symmetry, where our reindeer are carved on mammoth tusk, the other sculpture shows a mammoth carved on a reindeer antler.

Carved from mammoth ivory, this depiction of the human form resonates with current generations just as it must have done when it was created, " she told Dezeen."

North America was populated by a wide variety of great beasts, like mammoth and mastodons, both elephant-like creatures with big tusks, and camels, giant sloths, the list goes on.