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{{short description|Wood carving work}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox geographical indication
| name   = Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving
| image  = Walnut wood carving.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Walnut wood carving
| description = Walnut wood carving, Kashmir
| type = [[Handicraft]]
| area = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| country = India
| registered = 2007–2008
| material = Wood
| official website = 
}}
'''Kashmir walnut wood carving''' is wood carving work that is manufactured in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. Walnut carving is protected under the [[geographical indication]] (GI) of the [[Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights]] (TRIPS) agreement. It is listed at item 182 as "Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving" of the GI Act 1999 of the Government of India with registration confirmed by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/treasures_protected/registered_GI_18November2015.pdf |title=State Wise Registration Details Of G.I Applications |access-date=4 February 2016 |publisher=Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201065403/http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/treasures_protected/registered_GI_18November2015.pdf |archive-date= 1 February 2016 }}</ref>

The ''[[Juglans regia]]'' tree that grows widely in Kashmir region is used for wood carving, and Kashmir is one of a few places for availability of [[walnut]] trees.{{Sfn|Saraf|1987|p=107}} Walnut wood is used to make tables, jewelry boxes, trays, etc.

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite book|last= Jain |first=Dr. Madhu |title=Wood Handicraft: A Study of Its Origin and Development in Saharanpur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0vb8AhaXnAC&pg=PA43|year=2000|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-103-0}}
*{{cite book|last= Saraf |first=D. N. |title=Arts and Crafts, Jammu and Kashmir: Land, People, Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQShV9jNzIUC&pg=PA107|date=1 January 1987|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-204-8}}
*{{cite book|last= Singh |first=Sarina |title=India. Ediz. Inglese|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK88ktao7pIC&pg=PA1160|year=2009|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74220-347-8}}
*{{cite book|last= Qazi |first=S.A. |title=Systematic Geography of Jammu and Kashmir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZh3Zkoqtc4C&pg=PA107|date=1 January 2005|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-786-3}}

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[[Category:Artistic techniques]]
[[Category:Geographical indications in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Culture of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Economy of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Woodcarving]]
[[Category:Indian woodwork]]