Sewar

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

Very interesting! Yes, it definitely could be Kemuning (it appears there are several varieties of Kemuning).

Thank you Detlef!

You are welcome Marius!

[Battara]

Actually it doesn't look like makassar to me but more a patina form of the outer part of narra tree burl. Quite prized in the region.

[A. G. Maisey]

Nice Marius.

I doubt that this wood is either kemuning or makassar ebony --- pic of makassar ebony below.

I do not know narra wood, in fact I've never heard of it, but I do not know names of S.E. Asian woods from outside of Jawa and Bali.

It could be sono kembang maybe, but it would need to have been quarter sawn to present that grain pattern.

If it is a root wood, or wood taken from a crotch or trunk burl it should have a high degree of chatoyancy, I cannot judge this from the photo. I doubt that it is from root, burl or crotch because the grain seems too regular. If quarter sawn it will probably have low chatoyancy or none at all, as opposed to the high chatoyancy we see in naturally distorted grain.