the finish is one coat of natural stain as a selant and the holes for the dried flowers have not yet been drilled

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<br>In the left pic, the oval is makore backed by a beautiful piece of cocobolo above a lamination of hard maple, walnut and mahogany, all above a piece of movingui 
<br>In the right pic, the yellow wood is osage orange

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<br>the red/black wood on both sides of the top is a from particularly nice piece of cocobolo.
<br>note how the makore oval changes color significantly at this angle as opposed to the front-on shot above
<br>the base is walnut and hard maple veneer

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