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Wood-carving (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Whittling
- Earlier heading: Wood-carving, Primitive
- Wood craft
- Woodcarving
- Woodcraft
See also:
- Broader heading: Carving (Decorative arts)
- Broader heading: Woodwork
- Wood sculpture
Random House (woodcarving)
Grove dict. art: v. 33, p. 333 (Wood, Techniques: Carving. Besides the knife, the basic tools of woodcarving--the technique of cutting ornament and sculpture in wood--are those used by any woodworker.) index (wood-carvings)
AAT (woodcarving--use for the art of fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp implement)
Art index: v. 43 (hdgs: Wood carving, African, etc.)
LC database, July 20, 2000 (woodcraft; wood craft)
Here are entered works of carved, cut, or gouged wood having both a decorative and functional purpose. Art works made by carving or assembling components of wood and created primarily for their aesthetic value are entered under Wood sculpture.
Note under Wood sculpture