Made with three different types of wood all grown and harvested here on Pitcairn Island. The medium size whale is approximately 7cm x 3cm. These measurements are tip to tip. Miro Wood - Is a local wood grown here on Pitcairn Island. The wood bares a reddish color with streaks of black weaving patterns of beauty. Pulau/Burau Wood - Is also a local wood grown here on the Island. It is a type of Hibiscus. The Pulau wood is primarily a whiteish colored wood. It often has shades of blue, yellow, green or black running through it. It truly is an amazing type of wood. Tau Wood - The rarest of all the woods that Pitcairn Islands carvings could be made from. Tau can take many many years to grow to a size of which it was gain its blackish colored wood. Tau is a very black, oily & hard wood. For a carver to use a Tau tree that he/she planted they would have had to plant it at a very young age and would only be able to harvest it in the elderly years to get the black color. It is a very special wood. With a metal eye screwed into the back of the carving, you can hang it anywhere in your home. All you need is a nail or a screw. This carving is also signed by the very hands of the carver. A 8th Generation of Fletcher Christian, Mutiny on the Bounty. You wouldn't get a more authentic Pitcairn Island carving than this.
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