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Kenyan carving industry watching wood disappear
Kenyan carving industry watching wood disappear The wood carving industry is booming in Kenya.
African blackwood, also known as ebony, or mpingo, is rapidly
disappearing and is an endangered species in Kenya. Ebony wood has
a unique black colour and smooth hard texture. The ebony tree is
slow growing. Some carvers use nothing else except ebony. Despite
the relative rarity of ebony, the price of this wood is relatively
low because so much of it is illegally harvested. OCTOBER 24, 2000
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