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Subject:Ebony wood sculpture: asian or african?
Posted By: Peter Sun, Jul 22, 2018 IP: 190.194.212.123

I have these two wood sculptures (52cm/20.5in tall). No idea where they might be from, would you say they are african or asian? Thanks



Subject:Re: Ebony wood sculpture: asian or african?
Posted By: James newton Mon, Jul 23, 2018

Hi Peter
These carvings look like tourist pieces from Bali or another part of Indonesia. They are fairly crudely carved and I doubt if they are striped ebony, but you can tell by the weight, ebony is a dense wood and thus very heavy. Sorry to disappoint.

Regards
Jim from Oz

Subject:Re: Ebony wood sculpture: asian or african?
Posted By: Peter Sun, Jul 29, 2018

Thanks Peter, I said ebony because they are pretty heavy, not because I'm certain. If not ebony, what kind of wood would that be? Thanks again.


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