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Hi, I've seen this statuette in antique shop in Poland. It's obviously contemporary carving, but I wonder, if it's possible, that it's made from true ebony? Most black wooden African masks and statuettes are simply dyed or painted black, but this one is different, with colors typical for striped gabon ebony.

I'd like to show this Punu mask, bought in a shop with souvenirs, seashells, minerals etc. in Warsaw, Poland. The shop owner claimed he brought it from Western Africa in the 1990s.