Wood is widely used with stone, clay and bricks for the production of roofs, gates and columns of buildings. In 18th-19th centuries they took different forms depending on their function and differed in their particular ingenuity. Among the famous master-woodcarvers Sodik Zaripov is especially noteworthy.
Immemorial centres of art wood works are Bukhara, Samarkand, Istravshan, Khujand, Isfara, Penjikent, Yaghnob and Pamir. Masters generally use this kind of species of wood as plane tree, mulberry tree, fir tree, walnut tree and others. Solid kinds of wood are used in producing architectural elements (columns, shutters, doors, grid, tribunes – mimbars in mosques and madrasahs) and in other types of craftworks.
Masters of Kulob, Vanj, Garm, Shaartuz make wooden boxes, carved chairs, wooden shoes (Kaushi Chubin) from walnut tree. All patterns that are on wooden items have ancient relict motives.
