A New Start?

Today I found a length of Idigbo which I decided would satisfy the requirement. It is not quite as long as the original, but I decided that it could be mounted on some sort of plinth, which would lift it off the ground.



Idigbo is a yellowish hardwood from the Idigbo Tree (Terminalia Ivorensis), native to the west coast of Africa. It has a rather interlocked grain. This does mean some difficulties with the direction of cut. The wood contains a dye which may stain other materials when wet; it also contains tannin which causes staining when in contact with iron under moist conditions. We must take this into account when planning the mounting etc.

I have calculated the size and separation of the animals.

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