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Root Tree & Meerkats Candle Holder
23 cm
314-418 ...... 2310 USD
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Meerkats are a type of mongoose, and are only found in the arid areas of southern Africa - such as the Kalahari desert - where they live in highly social communities of between 5 and 30 individuals.
The Root Tree was the first candle holder that Patrick ever created.
It is modelled on an ebony tree – Diospyros mespiliformis – with the fascinating root mass at the base supporting the trunk and leafy canopy above.
In the lowveld area of Zimbabwe clumps of these trees are found near natural pans and waterholes. Scores of different animals clamber about the twisted roots, some using them as a scratching post, some simply resting in the shade.
This remains Patrick’s most popular table piece and comes in several variations – adorned with rhino, baboons, lion, leopard, giraffe, sable, buffalo, meerkats, cheetah or elephant.
Each tree is cast in solid sterling silver, hallmarked and signed by Patrick Mavros or one of his sons.
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