Species of wood carving

Does anyone know what kind of wo od this could be?

 

Balsam or elm?????? Teak?

 

Nice carving. Southeast Asian maybe?
Given the subject it is bound to be a tropical wood. Not teak though.

If you are asking because you want to sell it, I'd say it isn't important. If you are asking out of interest for yourself, let's wait for the others.

 

I should take better photos closer in, it has very fine grain I don't recognise, a but like bamboo but can't be

 

INTERESTING!!! What kind of wood has this kind of graining, or is some of it the kind of tool used???

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I'd expect it to be monkey pod. To your eye, does that look right?

Debora

 

Or stain? The way the lines seem to correspond with the musculature of the animal is unbelievable!

 

Looks about right to me assuming its not a trick question

 

what a lovely carving