6.5 X 11 hollow vessel.  This is from a discarded piece of wood that I acquired about 7 years ago from a woodturners widow.  The blank was dirty and non-descript but he had purchased it in 1993.  Imagine my amazement when I actually started working the wood!  There is no dye on this piece at all.  I know that it is not Maple.  A friend with much more knowledge about wood than me, identified it as some sort of Mahogany.  If anyone has a better idea of what species this spectacular piece of wood is, I would love to hear it.