Ebony Island (Hon Mun), Nha Trang, Vietnam, Asia

A board game of senet, in ebony and ivory, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Cedarwood and gilded ebony cabinet decorated with hieroglyphic symbols ensuring divine life, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

An African adversary carved on the lower end of a ceremonial cane, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Blue waters off Ebony Island (Hon Mun), one of a group of offshore islands, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ebony wood and ivory inlay detail on one of the pair of throne chairs, Sirohi Palace, Sirohi, Southern Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Ebony wood and ivory inlay detail on one of the pair of throne chairs, Sirohi Palace, Sirohi, Southern Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Chinese Shwe In Bin monastery built of ebony in Mandalay, Myanmar, Burma

Beedi or Bidi, an Indian smoking product rolled from Tendu or Coromandel Ebony leaves (Diospyros melanoxylon) and filled with tobacco or other herbs, India, Asia

Spangled Ebony Lutung or Eastern Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus auratus), females with young

Leopard (Panthera Pardus) female in a African ebony or jackal-berry (Diospyros mespiliformis) tree. South Africa.