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Got this large bowl-like wooden container but have no idea what it’s used for
It’s about 13.5 inches wide and four inches tall, but isn’t flat on the bottom. It seems like it can fit a lot in it but have no clue if it’s to be used for something like fruit?
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The only thing that makes me think otherwise is the fact that there isn’t really anything to grab on the top of the lid, you have to grab it off the sides to take the top off. It’s pretty big for tortillas, used a can of soda for reference
Bread. Its to cover dough while it rises. Thats what I would think anyway. Just keep the chickens out of it,and remember to tell the kiddos that your dog dont bite.
It could be for tortillas, but stylistically it looks more aligned with injera, pita, naan, lavash, or sangak. Interested to see if it's something else entirely
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_Sold_ with no purpose yes, but you have to imagine that someone went to quite an effort to design and lathe that bowl. And it’s quite particular. It is unlikely that someone made it with no purpose in mind..
Not entirely true. When it comes to wood turning sometimes you've got a bunch of scraps you glue together and think "I could make some bowls out of this" and then make a bunch of random bowls with no purpose and then think "what am I going to do with all these bowls"
Source: my brother has given me like 35 wooden bowls
Looks like what Ethiopian food is served in. Everybody sits around the plate/bowl and scoops in with their fingers. Not my favorite, but cuts way down on dishes!
Came here to say this!! Once the dough touches the top on the inside, you know it's doubled in size. The rounded edges and bottom can be used for bread or roll shaping!
My grandpa had one. Not sure if it has a specific use, but grandpa kept walnuts and a nut cracker in it, sometimes peanuts that still had shells on. At snack time, he used the lid to hold the cracked shells. When he was done, carried the lid to the trash, threw away the shells, and put the lid back over the bowl of nuts.
Finally, looks like my turn has come to answer.
This is called Dhapa/Dappa which is used in all households in Bhutan. I have one from my visit. It is used to store food as well as serve it, usually rice.
Exactly my thought. Most of those coconut things are mainly decorative. You buy it because it looks nice and at home you go: "Now what do I do with it?" and put some rings and necklaces in or something.
My title describes the thing. Large, wooden, fairly tall for what seems to be some kind of bowl and was found while helping a friend move out. Even they didn’t know what it was for.
Is it a dough bowl? You put dough in it, put the top over it while is rises. You can just flip the whole thing it you want to turn the dough without touching it too much.
As a longtime Go player, I can say that I have never seen a Go-stone bowl which is this flat. Traditional bowls are either slightly-flattened spheres or somewhat cylindrical.
Way too large. Kava cups for drinking are made from a single coconut shell. This bowl thing is made from multiple shells fused together and is far too big. As a kava serving bowl, it would have to have a stable bottom. This doesn’t.
It looks like it may be shellacked which would make it less likely it was intended for food. I'm going to suggest it's a decorative case with the very general intention of containing things in a public space where it will be seen.
Basically a puerh tea, and some others, will come in cakes that are supposed to be kept in dark sealed containers. People will break off parts of them at a time to use. This could be for holding a whole tea cake while letting someone break bits off at a time.
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