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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 378996, member: 55&quot;]Tea-stained is also a good suggestion; many carvings from Bali, intended for export to the bead trade for example, are described in the catalogs as &quot;tea-stained.&quot;</p><p>Some offer the buyer a choice of natural bone color, nearly white, or tea-stained, varying from light to dark brown depending on length of time in the tea, and type of tea used.&nbsp; I&#039;ve even tried soaking a white one in tea; as an experiment, taking one of the white ones from a batch I bought, and putting it in tea to see what color it turned.&nbsp;&nbsp; The process gives a very attractive color.</p><p>Yours is a very nice carving, in my opinion; much better than the little baubles I experimented on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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