Rustic Hand Painted Wooden Bowl 23" -Moose (pb23)

Hand painted western bowl featuring a hand painted work of art. This is a unique one-of-a-kind piece. Southwestern wooden dough bowls and rawhide laced western bowls are authentic Native American bowls made by the Tarahumara Indians. Wooden Indian dough bowls or trenchers 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. These traditional southwest Indian bowls have a round bottom and are rough sanded to a rustic finish. They sometimes don't sit straight and may not be suitable for food preparation in unfinished or stained condition. Dough bowls are used by the Tarahumara Indian people but are sold for decoration. Bowls or dough trays are used to catch corn meal as it is ground with a stone.

The rustic character of primitive unfinished bowls, stained dough bowls and rawhide laced bowls add a sense of rustic beauty to create a natural atmosphere for log homes, cabins and cottages as well as any ranch or country decor.  Painted southwest wooden bowl with southwestern artwork. This carved wooden dough bowl with hand painted art measures approx. 9.75" wide, 23" long. Actual bowl is shown.

Authentic Native Handcraft, Tribe: Tarahumara