Man has always used and manipulated wood.
History of wood carving in fiji. For techniques and other information see wood carving. This article is about the history of wood carving. Wood carving process selection. The lali drum is made out of wood and played with hands but is most commonly played with sticks i uaua which are made out of softer wood so as not to damage the lali.
Wood carving is one of the oldest arts of humankind. Wooden spears from the middle paleolithic such as the clacton spear reveal how humans have engaged in. The nature of the wood being carved limits the scope of the carver in that wood is not equally strong in all directions. So the history of wood carving begins at the beginning.
The lali is also used to entertain guests at many hotel resorts. Lali drums are now used to call the people of an area together such as church services. Wood carving has probably been around about as long as man has been upon the earth. It is an anisotropic material.
Adam was probably the first wood carver. The direction in which wood is strongest is called grain grain may be straight interlocked wavy or fiddleback etc. A chinese wooden bodhisattva jin dynasty 1115 1234 shanghai museum. The islanders are noted for their craftsmanship in the area of wood carving.
Vesi wood intsia bijuga which grows natively on kabara is the traditional material but deforestation has stripped the island leaving only 8 of. Kabara pronounced is an island of fiji a member of the lau archipelago with a land area of 31 km 2 12 sq mi its population of some 700 lives in four villages.