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Wood-carving

LC control no.sh 85147809
LC classificationNK9700 NK9799 Decorative arts
TT199.7 TT199.75 Handicraft
Topical headingWood-carving
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Variant(s)Whittling
Wood-carving, Primitive
Wood carvings
Wood craft
Woodcarving
Woodcraft
See alsoCarving (Decorative arts)
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Woodwork
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Wood sculpture
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Scope noteHere 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.
Subject example tracingNote under Wood sculpture
Found inRandom 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)