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Oceanic rosewood from Nuku Hiva
Marquesan wooden crafts are considered among the finest in French Polynesia and part of it is due to high-quality wood that grows on our island. Tangy most often carves in oceania rosewood, but also uses oceania walnut, ironwood, temanu and sandalwood. All of our wood material is 100% local and most of it was taken from the valley of Hakaui which is more humid and wet part of the island. The valley is home of a river and the highest waterfall in...
Where is Nuku Hiva Island?
Nuku Hiva is a small island in the southern Pacific Ocean and part of French Polynesia. It is the biggest out of six inhabited islands in the Marquesas archipelago – which happens to be one of the most remote groups of islands in the world. The administrative capital of the whole archipelago is the town called Taiohae, that's also on Nuku Hiva. The islands were named by the Spanish Álvaro de Mendaña, who approached them in 1595. He gave them this name in honor of the wife of his protector, the viceroy of Peru, García Hurtado De Mendoza, Marquis De...