CONTRIBUTORS- WOOD WORKS
Red Ivory side grain. Image: Peter Upfold
Red Ivory logs harvested near Zeerust. Image: Barry James
" The wood is known by the Zulu people in South Africa as ' Mutiwenkosi '( tree of the chiefs) and, according to folklore, may be cut only by the chief of a tribe and his sons."
Red Ivory knife by Heavin Forge.
Jewellery boxes and jewellery of Red Ivory and pewter by John Wessels.
Red Ivory wood is suitable for turnery, carving, inlay work, ornaments, small boxes, jewellery, bows, walking sticks, curios, musical instruments( woodwind and string) and small furniture items.