Wood
material
The oldest structural material: it made handles, boats, wheels, looms and buildings.
Where it is used
- Piano hammer — is material for. The hammer and its shank are wooden.
- Spear — is material for. The shaft of a spear is wooden.
- Bow and arrow — is material for. Bows and arrow shafts were made of flexible wood.
- Hammer — is material for. The handle of a hammer is wooden.
- Spear-thrower — is material for. A spear-thrower is a wooden or bone stick with a hook.
- Boomerang — is material for. Boomerangs were carved from bent wood.
- Sickle — is material for. The base and handle of a sickle are wooden.
- Ladder — is material for. Ladders were made of wood.
- Hull — is material for. A boat’s hull is a hollowed-out trunk or a wooden frame.
- Boat — is material for. The oldest boats were dugouts made from a single trunk.
- Oar — is material for. Oars were carved from wood.
- Spindle — is material for. A spindle is a wooden rod.
- Adze — is material for. The blade was fixed to a wooden handle.
- Bow drill — is material for. A bow drill is a wooden bow and spindle.
- Sledge — is material for. A sled is wooden runners and a deck.
- Axe — is material for. The haft is wooden.
- Skis — is material for. The oldest skis are wooden.
- Hoe — is material for. A hoe was made of wood.
- Warp-weighted loom — is material for. The loom’s frame was made of wood.
- Drum — is material for. The body is hollowed wood.
- Loom — is material for. Looms were built of wood.
- Comb — is material for. And from wood.
- Potter’s wheel — is material for. Later — wooden ones.
- Plough — is material for. The ancient ard was wooden.
- Snowshoes — is material for. The frame of a snowshoe is bent wood.
- Yoke — is material for. A yoke is a wooden beam.
- Wheel — is material for. The first wheels were solid wooden discs.
- Axle — is material for. The axle is wooden.
- Cart — is material for. A cart is a wooden body on wheels.
- Spinning top — is material for. Tops were carved from wood.