These works of art
were DONE BY SKILLFUL, TRADITIONAL SENIOR WOODCARVERS from the Village of
Uafato in the remote Fagaloa Bay Area of Upolu Island in Western Samoa. This
is the area of Samoa, in 8 villages, where all the hereditary traditional
woodcarving families have lived for centuries since olden times and they are
the families who always carved for the Samoan royal families. These are very
finely done pieces at a reasonable price.
THESE BOWLS, PLATTERS and CUTTING BOARDS ARE IN STOCK
AND ON SALE (unless marked 'sold').
These graceful Traditional Kava Bowls were handcarved from one piece
of dense hardwood (IFILELE tree wood) so are heavy in weight. Large pieces
of this Ifilele wood are becoming increasingly hard to get as the trees are
very slow growing. The carved designs are very detailed. Many of these bowls
have the traditional, dark luster patina from burying it in mud for a considerable
time before the design is carved and then polishing it with a pig's tooth.
They have a lovely grain to the wood on the inside of the bowls/platters.
