Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood Each king commissioned his own

Each king commissioned his own bwaantshy after his enthronement and was buried in it when he died (Cornet

It has a cylindrical body with copious tooled decoration and angled  terminals

Fossilized palm wood is also known as Palmoxylon

On one side is has I

Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood Each king commissioned his ownHere's an unusual thing, particularly in the UK. This is a large piece of silicified petrified palm wood. This one is also unusual as unlike many of the pieces that are from species in the United States, this one was found in the Sahara desert about 40 years ago. Fossilized palm wood is also known as Palmoxylon. It is an extinct genus of palm found around the world. These plants lived from the Late Cretaceous (83 million years ago) until the early