Wood Carving
Visitors are welcome to explore the Marting Woodcarving Room weekdays from 1-4pm and Saturday and Sunday by appointment.
With over 385 different types, sizes and styles of hand carved chains hung every three inches around the room, this is the World’s Largest Known Display of Hand Carved Chains. Enjoy this article titled, 500 Chains: A World Record? by Jim A. Anderson.
Study the chains carved from 16 foot long boards which are now 20 feet in length. Be amazed at the two, three, four, five and six bar twisted hand carved chains. Almost all of the long chains on display feature a special animal face which is attached to one end of the chain, with the other end having a wooden clevis with a removal pin attached to the chain. Chains have been carved from over 85 different species of wood.
With over 385 different types, sizes and styles of hand carved chains hung every three inches around the room, this is the World’s Largest Known Display of Hand Carved Chains. Enjoy this article titled, 500 Chains: A World Record? by Jim A. Anderson.
Study the chains carved from 16 foot long boards which are now 20 feet in length. Be amazed at the two, three, four, five and six bar twisted hand carved chains. Almost all of the long chains on display feature a special animal face which is attached to one end of the chain, with the other end having a wooden clevis with a removal pin attached to the chain. Chains have been carved from over 85 different species of wood.
View other unique and creative woodcarvings on display in the Monona Historical Museum. Other carvings include:
- Farm Scenes of the Early 1900s
- Carved animals and birds
- Crosses with inlaid designs
- Big Wheel Bicycles
- The American Flag
- Parquet plaques
- Miniatures
- Canes
Visitors can learn about Elmer Marting, Sr. and Gustav Pufahl, local early wood carvers, who’s carvings are on display at the museum.
If you’d like to try your hand at wood carving, learn more by visiting the Monona Wood Carvers group page.
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