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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9422015, member: 8267&quot;]I agree that it is very nice work, and African.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your description of the wood as dark and heavy suggests ebony, or African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon/Mpingo), which is used by Makonde carvers of Mozambique and Tanzania. But the elongated faces are not the typical style of Makonde figures. It more closely resembles contemporary carvings coming out of neighboring Zambia. I have not been able to determine a specific tribal affiliation of such carvings yet.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]432765[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.zano.gr/en/product/ornate-african-wood-carving-from-zambia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zano.gr/en/product/ornate-african-wood-carving-from-zambia/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zano.gr/en/product/ornate-african-wood-carving-from-zambia/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shopbwana.com/product/ck23cmbfi0v8l01142rxncd0h" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shopbwana.com/product/ck23cmbfi0v8l01142rxncd0h" rel="nofollow">https://shopbwana.com/product/ck23cmbfi0v8l01142rxncd0h</a></p><p>(Kubu Crafts is located in the Zambian capitol of Lusaka)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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