Tibetan Tsampa Flour Bowl
A Tibetan tsampa bowl used to hold and mix roasted barley flour, the staple food of the plateau, turned from wood and shaped for everyday use in the home and on the trail.
Tsampa, roasted barley flour, is the foundation of the Tibetan diet, mixed by hand with butter tea in a bowl exactly like this one. Worn smooth by constant use, the vessel embodies the practical, s...
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Tsampa, roasted barley flour, is the foundation of the Tibetan diet, mixed by hand with butter tea in a bowl exactly like this one. Worn smooth by constant use, the vessel embodies the practical, self-reliant culture of the high country.
Simple, honest and full of character, it is a fine ethnographic object that pairs beautifully with other items of Tibetan domestic ware.
