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Cantilevered Jewelry Box - 109

 

   

 

Measures 9" long by 4.5" wide by 4.5" tall.    $35

Ebiara - (Berlinia, Poculi, Red Zebrawood) - From equatorial West Africa in Cameroon, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Congo and Zaire. It is commonly called Mposso in West Africa. The wood that is produced from this tree looks like a hybrid cross of Zebra wood and Bubinga. It has the beautiful reds of Bubinga with the striking stripes of Zebra in one species. Ebiara has traumatic resin canals, which are seen as the black stripes in the length direction. It is mainly used in boxes, cabinets , stairs, parquet flooring, moldings, furniture, paneling, picture frames, turned articles, and to make musical instruments.

Oak - From Eastern United States. Heartwood is a light to medium brown, commonly with an olive cast. Nearly white to light brown sapwood is not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood. Quartersawn sections display prominent ray fleck patterns. Rated as very durable; frequently used in cabinetry, furniture, interior trim, flooring, boatbuilding, barrels, and veneer.