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Swamp Kauri Waka
Size (mm) : 330 L x 35 W x 160 H
This carving is made from 40000 year old genuine swamp kauri wood and depicts a traditional Maori war canoe. It has beautiful detailing and comes in a black presentation box.
Swamp kauri, sometimes marketed as "ancient kauri", are prehistoric kauri trees (Agathis australis), buried and preserved in peat up to 50,000 years ago in New Zealand's North Island. Buried under a peat swamp by an unexplained act of nature at the end of the last Ice Age, the trees have survived the centuries underground, sealed in a chemically balanced environment that has preserved the timber in almost perfect condition.
As each piece is individually carved colours do vary.
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