AFRICAN ELEPHANT HANDCARVED EBONY WOODEN COASTER SET

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HANDCARVED EBONY WOOD COASTER SET. MADE IN ZIMBABWE BY THE SKILLFULL ARTISANS THERE. THIS SET OF SIX AFRICAN WOODEN COASTERS THAT HAVE BEEN HAND CARVED OUT OF SCARCE ALMOST EXSTINCT EBONY HARD WOOD.
 
THE WOODEN COASTERS HAVE AFRICAN ELEPHANT CARVINGS ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE COASTER. THE SIX COASTERS ARE KEPT IN A BEAUTIFUL HAND CRAFTED WOODEN CASING THAT HAS AFRICAN CARVING OF AN RHINO AND GIRAFFE ALL OVER THE CASE.
 
THE SOON TO BE EXTINCT EBONY TREE:
EBONY IS A DENSE BLACK/BROWN HARDWOOD. UNLIKE MOST WOODS, EBONY IS DENSE ENOUGH TO SINK IN WATER. IT IS FINELY TEXTURED AND HAS A MIRROR FINISH WHEN POLISHED, MAKING IT VALUABLE AS AN ORNAMENTAL WOOD. 
Ebony trees are generally slow-growing and small and the demand for Ebony wood is high. The low supply and high demand for this type of wood makes it more expensive than any other type of wood. Typically, a black ebony tree does not grow under closed cover or thick stands. It prefers a more solitary existence. These characteristics derive their inability to compete with other plants.
EBONY TREES CAN TAKE FROM 70 TO 200 YEARS IN ORDER TO ATTAIN A USABLE SIZE AND MATURE. THE OLDER AND DARKER EBONY WOOD IS, THE MORE VALUABLE IT WILL BE. ONLY A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEAR OLD TREE AND OLDER CAN PRODUCE PURE BLACK WOOD, WHICH IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE TYPE. IRONICALLY, THE VERY BEST QUALITY EBONY LOOKS LIKE BLACK PLASTIC WHICH CAN BE A CHEAP REPLACEMENT.
EBONY WOOD IS ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION BECAUSE THE DEMAND FOR IT IS WAY TOO HIGH. NOT ONLY THAT, THE TREE ITSELF GROWS WAY TOO SLOW AND ARE TOO SMALL. AS A RESULT, PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT AREAS CUT MORE AND MORE TREES BECAUSE NOBODY HAS TIME TO WAIT AROUND FOR THAT LONG.  
MOST POPULAR IN AFRICA, 60,000 TO 80,000 WOOD CARVERS MAKE THEIR OWN LIVING FROM EBONY TREES. That is a large number of people. Add the slow growth and high demand issue to it, you'll get a critical sustainability issue at its best. People simply cut their way through the tree without realizing that Earth at some point will run out of it. SPECIALISTS BELIEVE THAT IT ONLY TAKES 15 MORE YEARS FOR BLACK EBONY TO BE COMPLETELY EXTINCT.
 
CONDITION: SMALL CRACK ON BASE OF CASING. COASTERS ALL IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
SIZE: 11CM HIGH 12CM DIAMETER CASING
COASTERS 9CM DIAMETER

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