Zulu Food Platter - Hand carved (40-05) Xhosa Design surrounded by cowrie shells with

surrounded by cowrie shells with a central cluster of cowrie beads

Hand-crafted

Size:  73cm x 22cm

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Zulu Food Platter - Hand carved (40-05) Xhosa Design surrounded by cowrie shells withThis 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