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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11305522, member: 8267&quot;]Your eagle carving looks like the style of ironwood carvings originated by Seri-Comcaac Indians of Northern Mexico. While there are still Native carvers, once their works became popular other Mexicans began producing similar carvings, and in large quantities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironwood/Olneya Tesota/palo fierro is native to the Sonora Desert. Dense and slow growing, it resembles ebony. Earlier carvings that I have seen are typically dark in color. The Seri-Comcaac select wood from trees that are dead, which may account for the darker color. Many more recent carvings seem to be lighter in color like your eagle, although still described as ironwood. I suspect the commercialization of the craft has led to living trees being harvested, and perhaps the use of different woods.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_ironwood_carvings#:~:text=Ironwood%20tree,-Olneya%20tesota%2C%20the&amp;text=Olneya%20tesota%20is%20the%20slowest,the%20density%20of%20its%20wood" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_ironwood_carvings#:~:text=Ironwood%20tree,-Olneya%20tesota%2C%20the&amp;text=Olneya%20tesota%20is%20the%20slowest,the%20density%20of%20its%20wood" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_ironwood_carvings#:~:text=Ironwood tree,-Olneya tesota, the&amp;text=Olneya tesota is the slowest,the density of its wood</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://picklebarreltradingpost.com/blogs/native-american-cultures-and-arts/los-seris-the-story-of-ironwood-carvings?srsltid=AfmBOoq8QZkZSulqFDnIAdmmfbcXuzg9woohDLJBSrDtFNX6OQ7j_wYY" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picklebarreltradingpost.com/blogs/native-american-cultures-and-arts/los-seris-the-story-of-ironwood-carvings?srsltid=AfmBOoq8QZkZSulqFDnIAdmmfbcXuzg9woohDLJBSrDtFNX6OQ7j_wYY" rel="nofollow">https://picklebarreltradingpost.com/blogs/native-american-cultures-and-arts/los-seris-the-story-of-ironwood-carvings?srsltid=AfmBOoq8QZkZSulqFDnIAdmmfbcXuzg9woohDLJBSrDtFNX6OQ7j_wYY</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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