VERY RARE ANTIQUE VINTAGE SOLID EBONY WOOD CARVED HEADS GIRL AND BOY

Description

Very rare African carvings made from GENUINE SOLID BLACK DENSE EBONY WOOD
This is NOT dyed wood, but solid heavy dense natural black colored Ebony wood!
Set of Boy and Girl heads hand-made carvings
Circa 1950
Girl: 13 oz, 6"
Boy: 12 oz, 5.5"
Ebony
is a dense black/brown hardwood.
Gabon ebony (African ebony) is known to be the most BLACK ebony of all ebony trees.
Ebony wood is very scarce specimen nowadays and is even under protection.
Ebony tree grows very slow and is very hard to find big enough piece for carving.
As a result of unsustainable harvesting, many species yielding ebony are now considered threatened. Africa in particular has had most of its indigenous ebony cut down illegally.
In some countries like Sri Lanka, Ebony tree is a protected species and harvesting and sale of ebony is illegal and punishable by imprisonment.
Ebony wood is so dense (heavy) that it sinks in water!
VERY RARE! VERY COLLECTIBLE!