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Wood-carving (Topical Term)

Number of records used in: 2
Preferred form: Wood-carving
Used for/see from:
  • Whittling
  • Earlier heading: Wood-carving, Primitive
  • Wood carvings
  • Wood craft
  • Woodcarving
  • Woodcraft
See also:

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)

Thesaurus for graphic materials, via WWW, Nov. 8, 2011 (Wood carving. Scope note: Fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp implement held in the hand. BT Carving. RT Wood carvings; Woodworking)

Here are entered works on carved, cut, or gouged wood having both a decorative and functional purpose. Works on 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

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