Zulu Food Platter - Hand carved (41-08) Sweet Standing 25cm tall

Standing 25cm tall

Size:  116cm x 30cm

Embroiderers work at home and from a base at the DWT Nthathe Adult Education Centre with the Sisters of Mercy in the Winterveld

in a corner

Zulu Food Platter - Hand carved (41-08) Sweet Standing 25cm tallThis is extra ordinary Old Zulu Wood Carved Tray or Platter from South Africa. This tray is carved out of a single piece hard wood. Such trays were used with great formality to serve different types of foods. This wonderful handcrafted wooden Zulu platter is known by the local Zulu people as an ugqoko. The wood used does vary but in most cases the Zulu would use the Kiaat wood that is found locally in South Africa. The Zulu serving plate is an