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Wood carving is
one of the most traditional art manifestations in the
mapuche territory. This technique took control of the
utensils of old inhabitants of these lands, using for
it the wood of the rich forests of the sector.
Today it is continued working in the same way, with
the axe and chip axe carving the wood but creating new
products, some functional such as plates, spoons and
buckets, sources, trays and others, in those use and
decoration invent hens dish, ducks and others.
They made utensils, plates, spoons, ritual masks.
This kind of handcraftship transits between the domestic
function and the possesion of a ritual meaning, for
example, the masks represent the Kollom playing
a specific rol in the Nguillatun ceremony.
The Rehue and the Chemamull are carved
trunks that finish in wide heads. The ritual mask, the
Kollon, is finished with horsehair.
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