I thought about that, Kris, but it's only about 1/4" thick at the bottom of the carving. It's cupped less than 1/8" now. I hung it on the wall today and it can't be seen. BTW, I used a new to me picture hanging system. The wall I hung it on has a pocket door inside, so I had to use something that would work with the approximately 3/4" thick plaster coated drywall without going through. These worked great.
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John