Mission Del Rey Blog

Tarahumara 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 styl …