Eagle Aims Back, Indian boy, of the Glacier National Park Reservation, carving a toy canoe with a jack knife. Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. George Grantham Bain Collection circa 1910-40.