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Philippine Woodcarving Techniques by Tala is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides information on different woodcarving techniques from various localities in the Philippines. It discusses woodcarving traditions in Paete, Laguna including their preferred wood, batikuling tree, and carving process which involves sketching, shaping, detailing, smoothing and painting/varnishing. It also describes "bulul" rice god figures carved in the Cordillera Region from narra wood involving preliminary rituals and ceremonies. The document concludes with Tagbanua woodcarvings from Pa

Author

Tala

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EN