Cabbage Tree Porcelain Dipping Bowl

The cabbage tree is one of the most distinctive trees in the  New Zealand landscape, especially on farms. They grow all over the country, but prefer wet, open areas like swamps.  
 
Growing 12 to 20 metres high, cabbage trees (Cordyline australis) have long narrow leaves that may be up to a metre long. It has lovely scented flowers in early summer, which turn into bluish-white berries that birds love to eat.  
 
Māori used cabbage trees as a food, fibre and medicine. The root, stem and top are all edible, a good source of starch and sugar. The fibre is separated by long cooking or by breaking up before cooking. The leaves were woven into baskets, sandals, rope, rain capes and other items and were also made into tea to cure diarrhoea and dysentery.  
 
Made from white porcelain, inside semi-gloss clear glaze with decal and unglazed outside.  
 
These pieces feature irregularities in both shape and form; this is part of the organic nature of the collection. 
 
“Certified food safe, dishwasher and microwave safe.”
 
Size D7 x H2 cm
 
We pack all pieces with utmost care so they can be sent by courier or hand carried anywhere in the world.   
 
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