My friend and neighbor, Dave Masters, turned this bowl this week as part of an experiment, and does not know what type wood it is. He pulled the piece off of his scrap pile and was surprised at both the attractive coloring and how easy it was to turn. Anyone recognize the creamy-colored stuff used for the segments?

I'm posting the picture portion of this and Dave will come here later to explain the experiment itself.

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