The hollow body, made of mulberry wood, is shaped in the form of a figure eight and is held horizontally, while the eleven metal strings are plucked with a plectrum.

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According to The Guardian roughly 60 percent of the furnishings found in IKEA stores across the world are made from wood of some form.

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Burning yak dung in a wood-burning-style stove was the only form of heat at night, Ms Lloyd said.

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In their simplest form, a piece of wood is spun around a fixed axis, and pieces of the material are chipped off with a blade.

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