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    Posted 4 years ago

    dav2no1
    (839 items)

    another Oddity that I've owned for years now. Not even sure where I got it? I imagine it was at a garage sale for very cheap. I have always admired the skill that it took to pull this off. I wish I had about a dozen more of these ...super cool!
    6" wide x 4" tall x about 4" thick

    Made in Bali, Indonesia it was skillfully carved from a "wood rose," a mushroom-like parasitic formation created by a mistletoe plant growing on a chinaberry tree

    The first picture is after I waxed it with some beeswax. I make sure to treat all my wood products every few months.

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    1. Congcu, 4 years ago
      Appears to be a root wood carving from Bali, Indonesia.
    2. dav2no1 dav2no1, 4 years ago
      Good information. I used those parameters to search and only found 1 example. A carved pig that looked similar.

      The description said from Bali was skillfully carved from a "wood rose," a mushroom-like parasitic formation created by a mistletoe plant growing on a chinaberry tree
    3. Congcu, 4 years ago
      Glad to help. These carvings were quite popular about 10 years ago. They are also widely misidentified as folk art from various places including here in the USA. See link for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach
    4. Collectables59 Collectables59, 4 years ago
      Reminds me of an ex mother in law ho ho
    5. Theonlyone Theonlyone, 4 years ago
      looks like me in the morning ....lol another good one dave

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