Carved Tarahumara Indian Wooden Platter 11.5"x25" (b26)

Carved Tarahumara Indian wooden bowls are authentic Native southwestern bowls or trenchers as they are called. Wooden dough bowls or are carved by hand from native yellow pine and begin as a piece of a downed tree trunk. The Indian log bowls are made by splitting the trunk in half lengthwise then rough cut with an axe. The carved wooden dough bowls are shaped and further worked with a machete or large knife.

This traditional southwest Indian bowl has a round bottom, and is rough sanded to a rustic finish and stained. Not for food preparation, dough bowls are used by the Tarahumara Indian people but are sold for decoration. These dough trays are used to catch corn meal as it is ground with a stone.

The rustic character of primitive dough bowls adds a sense of rustic beauty to create a natural atmosphere for log homes, cabins and cottages as well as any southwest style, western decor country decorating. Measures 11.5"x25", actual platter is shown.

Authentic Native Handcraft, Tribe: Tarahumara