Laminated Picking Sticks

A wood block (also spelled as a single word, woodblock) is a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood. The term generally signifies the Western orchestral instrument, though it is descended from the Chinese woodblock. Alternative names sometimes used in ragtime and jazz are clog box and tap box a piece of wood on which a pattern is cut that is used for printing: She designs her own fabrics using woodblocks and stencils to create patterns on the material