Wood sculpture (Topical Term)

Work cat.: 98161882: Chersicla, c1997.

Americana: v. 24, p. 445 (sculpture, techniques and materials; wood: extensively used mainly for indoor sculpture. It is the principal material of tribal sculpture in Africa, Oceania, and North America, and it has been used by every advanced civilization.)

Grove dict. art: v. 33, p. 325 (throughout history wood has been used in a wide variety of art forms, including architecture, sculpture, panel painting, altarpieces, musical instruments, woodcut, and wood-engraving ... For wood sculpture and wood-carving it is the general practice to use indigenous woods as the basic material.) index (entries for both Wood; uses; sculpture and wood-carvings)

Art index: v. 43 (hdgs.: Wood sculpture; Wood carving, African, etc.)

Thesaurus for graphic materials, via WWW, Nov. 8, 2011 (Wood carvings. BT Sculpture. RT Decoys (Hunting); Wood carving; Woodwork)

Here are entered works on art works made by carving or assembling components of wood and created primarily for their aesthetic value. Works on carved, cut, or gouged wood having both a decorative and functional purpose are entered under Wood-carving.

Note under Wood-carving