The finished baby in wild olive wood. So fine you can see the sun shining right through the neck. They are very lightweight and make an especially unique gift to fly home with. Not your average plastic souvenir by any means. Your own special miniature natural art piece.

Snake Bean? Terblanz Beech?

Red Ivory with an inserted shoulder ring in African Black Wood, also known as Black Iveory. Next is European Beach with inserts in 7000 year old Bog Oak from Ireland. The next little urn is turned from a very rare wild olive burr (burl) with ivory or hippo tusk inserts. The last one is made from African Blac Wood (Dalbergia melanoxylon). All four of these are about 4cm (1.5") in height and have an internal wall thickness of less than 1mm (1/8"). They weigh almost nothing and feel like blown eggs when you handle them. The finish is French Polish, using shellac. Incidentally, Red Ivory and Black Ivory are listed commercially as two of the rarest and most expensive woods in the world.

Yes, all the little cups fit in their own single carved container.