Featured African? Bust help

Hey guys, does anyone have a clue what this is? It’s approx 5-6 lbs and about 13-14 inches tall. Thanks a lot

 

https://culturesinternational.com/c...carved-sculpture-tribal-bust-ashtray-tanzania
Can’t load the picture but wood looks similar.

 

Niceeeee. Thanks @Houseful

 

that may be Macassar ebony..

 

No question about it, an Ebony log for sure.

 

it's an everyday tourist carving...but I'd have grabbed it just for the wood !!

 

@samuelcaulfield1 yours is Lovely, I think!! I just wanted her off her side!!




And a screenshot of the one @Houseful was unable to load:

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I don’t know why I’m getting a quite few of these ‘no extension’ to copy some pics recently but luckily can still paste the text

 

@Houseful, can you do a “screenshot”??? And, a lot of times it’s the extension on the image...not user friendly to save, copy or re-print......I’ll do a screenshot, save, then re-save as a standard .jpg!! AND DH just got off his computer, meaning I CAN get on HIS!!!! Extensive typing on the iPad IS A PITA!!!!

 

Yep, thanks Aquitaine. Just had a look at some online tutorials and if I press the home button on the bottom and the off button on the top at the same time I can do that. I’ve not had reason to do this in the past as I could easily copy pics by just pressing on it and saving to photos.
Thanks again, learn all sorts of stuff here

 

Probably made by a Makonde carver. They use Dalbergia melanoxylon, also known as African Blackwood, and mpingo in swahili.
"Considered the original ebony, African Blackwood was imported and used in Ancient Egypt thousands of years ago. Even the name “ebony” has an Egyptian derivation as “hbny”—which has been shown to refer primarily to Dalbergia melanoxylon, rather than the species which are considered to be ebony today: such as those in the Diospyros genus."
https://www.wood-database.com/african-blackwood/

https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/