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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 210341, member: 55&quot;]Thanks Mariyan.</p><p>That doesn&#039;t suggest any particular type of wood to my eye; but does possibly suggest that the warrior&#039;s black color is applied to a lighter-colored carving or casting.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; One type of material used for some cast items is &quot;hydrostone,&quot; a type of plaster, which is then coated with resin for gloss and hardness, and to add color.&nbsp; This results in a color which is black or very dark grey, and cast items produced in this way look very much like carved wood or carved stone.&nbsp; (More often than not when one sees them on ebay they are sold as carved wood or stone.)</p><p>Their weight is such that they do sink in water.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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