What is this burl and what type of wood

If anyone can help with the type of wood and what this is it is appreciated. 6 inches in height and a width of about 8 inches. With a quarter inch hole in it. Had suggestion of a yew burl.

 

If you were in sunny California I’d say it was manzanita.

 

I don't know, but my guess would be western red cedar.

 

I thought cedar as well.

 

Not Western Red Cedar. If it is yew, the sapwood is creamy yellow and the heartwood brick red.

 

Thanks @blooey what is sapwood and heartwood?

 

Oh boy! ...the sapwood is the outer layer (nearer the surface, under the bark layer) and the heartwood is in the centre.

 

Lol thanks @blooey so do you agree with yew burl

 

Hard to say from the pics what it is and although it would be nice to know for sure, without handling it it's almost impossible to say.

 

@blooey thank you for comments and help.......any ideas to what it is it might help to identify wood also

 

I do think it some kind of evergreen.

 

Some closer pics of grain and spots underneath where varnish isn’t

 

I also think some type of evergreen. It appears to have had epoxy applied to the outside. Often epoxy is applied to wood as it dries to keep it from cracking. Also a thru hole helps it to dry from the inside to the outside. Definitely a person who loved & wanted to preserve the burl!