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Box #760
This Curly Koa box is made from some Premium Curly Koa. The lighter wood in the box body is a Figured Maple. The sliding tray and inside bottom of the box are lined with Black Velvet and the underside of the box is lined with a natural suede soft leather. The hinges are solid brass, furniture grade.
The Acacia koa tree from which this box is constructed came from an exquisite Koa tree grown on the island of Oahu. Koa is native only to Hawaii.
The tree died of a virus around 1990 and was removed by a local sawyer, Bart Potter. He named it the "Mother of Curl" as he had never, in all his years, seen anything like it.
He cut many guitar sets out of the tree and also had veneers sliced from it in a facility in Iowa. The wood then made it back to the islands. He has tried to keep track of the items made from this special tree and has begun writing a book about it. Eric Clapton has a guitar made from the MOC along with many other fortunate people. It is indeed a treasure to keep for generations. I don't imagine I will ever see such beautiful Koa come out of a tree in the remainder of my life.
Dimensions: 8 in. wd. x 12 in. lg. x 4 1/4 in. ht.
PRICE: $1,200.00 (Free standard shipping in the US | Contact me for shipping outside the US)