Maori carving, Whare Runanga, Waitangi, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Wooden sculptures adorn a half-timbered house in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France, Europe

Carved marble Roman portrait heads of four men, Archaeology Museum, Apollonia Archaeological Park, Albania, Europe

Carving of Native American, Mohawk Trail, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

Statue in Saint Maurice's church, Lille, Nord, France, Europe

Figurehead of Lord Nelson, former St. John's tavern, Nelson's Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Guardian figure at Horyuji Temple, which contains the world's oldest wooden structures, Nara, Japan, Asia

Architectural detail, Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Wooden tree sculpture, Long Bay, Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Wood sculpture of Virgin and Child, Paris, France, Europe

Chainsaw sculpture by Glenn Greensides, Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Traditional wood carving in the Ewenen Museum in Esso, Kamchatka, Russia, Eurasia

Golden oak retable showing Mary's coronation, dating from the 16th century, Kerdevot church, Kerdevot, Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe

Ancient gilded wooden Buddhas inside Wat In, Kengtung (Kyaingtong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Wooden sculpture at the Leela Hotel, Mobor, Goa, India, Asia

Carving, Palm Springs, California, United States of America, North America

Detail of wood sculptures on the Keratry Mansion house dating from the 16th century, Old Town, Dinan, Brittany, Cotes d'Armor, France, Europe

Carving honours living and ancient native Hawaiians, Pohaku Loa, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, United States of America, Pacific, North America

Ancient Kama Sutra wood carvings depicting sexual positions, Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Ancient Kama Sutra wood carvings depicting sexual positions, Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Totem pole on Jasper high street, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

Totem pole on Jasper high street, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

A tree sculpture in the grounds of Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Totem pole on Jasper high street, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

The Frank Bruce Sculpture trail at Feshiebridge, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Totem pole on Jasper high street, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

The Frank Bruce Sculpture trail at Feshiebridge, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Frank Bruce Sculpture trail at Feshiebridge, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Totem pole on Jasper high street, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canadian Rockies, Canada, North America

A modern wooden carved sculpture in Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Frank Bruce Sculpture trail at Feshiebridge, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A carved tree in Zermatt, Switzerland, Europe

A hands sculpture on the shores of Derwentwater near Keswick in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A carved tree in Zermatt, Switzerland, Europe

Silver Pavilion and Zen garden symbolizing Mount Fuji and the sea, in Ginkaku ji temple, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan

Yagim Mask at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Yagim Mask, 1920-25 Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Wood, paint. George Walkus (kwakwaka'wakw, ca 1875-1968). A furtive aggressive sea creature known as Yagim was part of the dramatic Tseyka performance cycle, which took place during the dark winter when life on the North West coast moves largely indoors

Men placing flower offerings on large wooden replica statue of Virgen de los Desamparados, Fallas festival,Plaza de la Virgen square,Valencia

Zen garden symbolizing Mount Fuji and the sea, in Ginkaku ji temple, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan

Zen garden symbolizing Mount Fuji and the sea, in Ginkaku ji temple, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan

Gardener working,Zen garden symbolizing Mount Fuji and the sea, in Ginkaku ji temple, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Women placing flower offerings on large wooden replica statue of Virgen de los Desamparados, Fallas festival,Plaza de la Virgen square,Valencia

Gorilla Naming ceremony grounds, Volcanos national park, Rwanda.

Wood carving, a carpenter works on a statue, Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, Burma

White Wooden Sheep

Wooden Piggybank

Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Wooden sculptures in a forest, aboriginal people, natives, Itelmens, Itelmen, Kamtschatka, Russia

Buddha appearing in a lotus blossom, Buddha in a mechanically opening wooden lotus flower, Luohou Temple, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

Large wooden tiki on display at the Te Tumu Cultural Center, Tekoapa, Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Giant wooden gorilla sculpture built from sticks, Volcanoes National Park, Northern Province, Rwanda, Africa

Wooden figures on a ritual place, Wala Island, Malekula, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

Organ in the collegiate church St. Martin and St. Severus at Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Girl with facepainting (like a Maori Moko - Tatoo), wooden Maori sculpture in Marae, celebrations on Waitangi Day, Okains Bay Museum, Bank`s Peninsula, east coast, South Island, New Zealand

Wooden figures on a ritual place, Wala Island, Malekula, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

Wooden figures on a ritual place, Wala Island, Malekula, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

Carved wooden pole decorates farmhouses in the district of Druskininkai, Lithuania

Wooden sculpture on a marea, a meeting place of the Maori in Rotorua, North island, New Zealand

Wooden sculptures on a marea, a meeting place of the Maori in Rotorua, North island, New Zealand

Buddha appears in a lotus blossom, Buddha in a mechanically opening wooden lotus flower, Luohou Temple, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

Carved wooden pole decorates farmhouses in the district of Druskininkai, Lithuania

Wooden mushrooms in the forest, Laranz, Seis am Schlern, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Wooden figure with cauri-shells, Abomey, Benin

Girl leaning on wooden Maori sculpture, Waitangi Maori Museum, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Angel sculpture inside church at Kloster, Isle of Hiddensee, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Schloss Stolzenfels Castle, interior, Koblenz, UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Peacock Window, wood carving in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

Bollards of artist Jan Mitchell at the seaside promenade, waterfront, of Geelong, Victoria, AUS

Bollards of artist Jan Mitchell at the seaside promenade, waterfront, of Geelong, Victoria, AUS

Maori wood carvings, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Maori wood carvings, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Gate to Whakarewarewa, Maori village, wood carving, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Maori wood carvings, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Wood carving, Durbar Square of Patan, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Wood carvings, Maori village, Whakararewa, Rotorua, Nord Island, New Zealand

Entrance with wood carvings, Maori village, Whakararewa, Rotorua, Nord Island, New Zealand

Wood carving, Saint-Paul de Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Southern France, France, Europe

Wooden columns in the Tam-Tam House, Foumban, Cameroon, Africa

Wood sculpture, Lychnostatis Open Air Museum, Museum of Cretan Traditional Life, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, Europe

The harbor pier at Constance harbor port entrance and the tide gauge with the Imperia Statue on it, the town's landmark, district of Konstanz, Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Mary and Jesus figure in wood, St.-Elisabeth-Kirche church, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Art in the landscape, a wooden carved Viking in front of a ridge and the rocky Mount Vestrahorn, Stokksnes near Hoefn, Iceland, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Europe

Ganina Yama monastery, memorial site, place where the corpses of the murdered family of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were found in 1991, Yekaterinburg, Jekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Ural mountains, Taiga forest, Russia

Mother and son enjoying a summer vacation in the stunning italian dolomites, surrounded by the breathtaking scenery of giau pass

Crucifix in the cemetery of Gelting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Boy with a ball, wooden sculpture, artist Peter Nettesheim, Borken, West Muensterland, Muensterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Lion statues at the entrance of the Shiva-Parvati Temple, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Bavarian Rococo sculptures, Minerva, Mars, Hebe the so-called Jupiter by Johann Baptist Straub, circa 1772, linden wood, Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sculpture, The Sanctuary Of Truth, Pattaya

A wooden sculpture of crucified Jesus Christ on the background of the Alps mountains in winter. View of the mountains. Religion and culture. Austria

Chopper motorbike, artwork made out of wood, in the woodcarving town of Empfertshausen, Rhoen, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Gold Digger Monument, visitor center, Hope, British Columbia, Canada

Severed head of John the Baptist lying on a plate, wood sculpture, Stiftsmuseum Museum Xanten monastery museum, Xanten, Niederrhein region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Wooden statue of Ruebezahl, Harravov, Czech Republic

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Bavarian Rococo sculpture, Bavarian National Museum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The harbor pier at Constance harbor port entrance just before dawn, tide gauge with the Imperia Statue on it, the town's landmark, district of Konstanz, Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Wooden sculpture by the artist Mario Gasser on the Austrian part of Zugspitze Mountain, district of Reutte, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Gold Digger Monument, visitor center, Hope, British Columbia, Canada

Replica of the wooden horse of Troy archaeological site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Turkey