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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 610217, member: 2844"]The elephant is teak inlaid with bone. Made in India, probably in Hoshiarpur in Punjab, NW India. You can still buy these in 'ethnic' shops around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>The term ebony is used for different species of dark wood, so in that sense, yes ebony. I don't think it is African ebony.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, the small one could be ironwood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 610217, member: 2844"]The elephant is teak inlaid with bone. Made in India, probably in Hoshiarpur in Punjab, NW India. You can still buy these in 'ethnic' shops around the world. The term ebony is used for different species of dark wood, so in that sense, yes ebony. I don't think it is African ebony. I agree, the small one could be ironwood.[/QUOTE]
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