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Southwest Indian Wooden Dough Bowls Make Wonderful Additions To Rustic Home Decorating

Southwest Indian Wooden Dough Bowls Make Wonderful Additions To Rustic Home Decorating

Southwest Indian Wooden Dough BowlsTarahumara men love to work with wood and have learned to fashion amazing detailed items with what might seem to be very crude working tools. Wooden spoons, bowls, and figurines are all items which are commonly carved.

Their well known dough bowls, carved by hand from native yellow pine begin as a piece of a downed tree trunk. The trunk is split in half lengthwise then carved with an axe to form the shape of the bowl, and further worked with a machete or large knife. This traditional style dough bowl has been used throughout the Sierra Madre for generations.

Corn and wheat are ground by hand by crushing the kernels between a smooth stone and a tapered stone trough called a metate. The dough bowl is placed at the lower end of the trough to catch the corn or wheat flour as it is ground. Water is then added to the flour in the bowl and hand-made tortillas are not far behind.

These carved wooden bowls also make wonderful additions to rustic home decorating. Wood bowls add a sense of rustic beauty to primitive designs to create a natural atmosphere for log homes, cabins and cottages. The beauty of these rustic dough bowls is enhanced by the natural irregularities of the wood. Their character is as rich as their heritage.

See our entire selection of Southwest Indian Wooden Dough Bowls.

Jan 8th 2016 Mission Del Rey

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