Vintage Tutsi Milk Container 28.12 Beach Scene Petrified wood forms when plant

Petrified wood forms when plant material

Because the clay is unglazed

Transform any wall into a lush

and one proudly holding up the catch of the day

These aren’t flaws — they’re the marks of a genuine handmade piece

Vintage Tutsi Milk Container 28.12 Beach Scene Petrified wood forms when plantAn ornate milk container, hand carved from a single block of wood and finished with tin embellishments. Vessels like these were everyday tools among the Tutsi people of Rwanda and nomadic communities across Burundi, Kenya and northern Tanzania, traditionally used to carry milk, water, honey and provisions. Today they make beautiful decorative objects lovely on a mantelpiece, as a dry flower vase, or simply displayed as an object of art. The authentic