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Notes on South American Cedar (Cedrela Fissilis) in The Sacred Art of Brazil

  • Lisboa P
IAWA Journal (2014) 15(1) 47-50
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90001341
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Abstract

The use of cedar (most probably Cedrela fissilis Vell.) in Brazilian sacred art is discussed. A wood anatomical description and an account of wood properties that make this now almost depeleted tropical heartwood so suitable for wood carving, are given.

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Lisboa, P. L. B. (2014). Notes on South American Cedar (Cedrela Fissilis) in The Sacred Art of Brazil. IAWA Journal, 15(1), 47–50. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-90001341

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