Luxury Table Base - Handcrafted Wooden Base - Living Room Home Decor

DESCRIPTION: "The definition of one of a kind." Jamar Simien, Creative Director of Contour The crown jewel of our collection- the Karonga coffee table base is a large, beautifully handcrafted African Blackwood tree root. Named after the town of Karonga in Northern Malawi, the local name for Blackwood is "Mpingo." Mpingo is one of the most sought after wood species in the world. Naturally falling after a storm in the spring of 2019, it was sustainably sourced shortly after and handcrafted in our workshop outside of Lilongwe, Malawi. This tree root is extremely heavy, weighing in at about 250 pounds. Only one cubic foot of the exotic material weighs 80 pounds. It is pest proof, water proof and fire proof. We often get questions from clients that are interested in the unique color of the Blackwood tree. The most common question is if we painted the wood. The answer is that we definitely don't paint any of our wood species, including the extremely rare African Blackwood. Among other uniq