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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 9976329, member: 301&quot;]On another note.... while I was in the store a couple of large wood Makonde tree of life candlesticks caught my eye . 18 inches or better, I believe.</p><p>There&#039;s not that much carving of people , because of the candlestick nature of design...but holding them close , the carvings seemed rich and well proportioned .</p><p>They&#039;re dark...but not that black shoe polish dark , and they have both darker and lighter patches , which leads me to suspect they are older and made of African Ebony.</p><p>They are also not perfectly round....or shiny ..as a newer lathe made pair look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the older.... I&#039;m uncertain of..... and hope they are around the 50&#039;s when they started to appear..... but I&#039;ll take 60&#039;s as well...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That said.....I didn&#039;t buy them until I could do a deep dive into such an item.... cuz I don&#039;t need them.... and they were $ 39.98 the pair.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I see lesser ..and newer ones.... for $100 each..... with some costing way less.... but again...for newer, smaller....and black wood or ironwood , rather than ebony, and searching for candlesticks .... I couldn&#039;t find that many like them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to test out my new set of rubber......so I may just drive by there tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ll see if the mood strikes me....... as, they make an impressive display !</p><p><br /></p><p>( they were behind the jewelry counter.... so you had to ask to hold them... so chances are good that they&#039;d still be there...) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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