Vintage Carved rhino figurine , ebony.

Description

Carved figure of an African animal.
Length 10cm.vintage, ebony.
Nice detail. handmade rhino figurine
Wonderfully decorate your collection, interior.
Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros,
which also contains the persimmons. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water.
It is finely textured and has a mirror finish when polished, making it valuable as an ornamental wood.
A rhinoceros (/raɪˈnɒsərəs/, from Greek rhinokerōs 'nose-horned', from rhis 'nose', and keras 'horn'), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae.
(It can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea.) Two of the extant species are native to Africa, and three to South and Southeast Asia.