NAGA WOODEN TRUNK PLANTER

THIS LARGE ANTIQUE WOODEN VESSEL FROM NAGALAND, INDIA, IS HAND-CARVED FROM A SINGLE TRUNK OF WHAT IS LIKELY SOLID SAAL WOOD. ORIGINALLY USED FOR RICE STORAGE, IT WAS CRAFTED TO WITHSTAND HUMIDITY AND INSECTS IN THE REGION’S TROPICAL CLIMATE. THE SURFACE FEATURES A DISTINCTIVE, FACETED TEXTURE, WHILE THE INTERIOR IS SMOOTHLY HOLLOWED OUT—REVEALING THE NATURAL GRAIN, MARKINGS, AND BEAUTIFUL IMPERFECTIONS OF THE WOOD.

MADE BY THE NAGA TRIBES, WHO LIVED IN COMPLETE ISOLATION AND BUILT EVERYDAY OBJECTS BY HAND, THIS VESSEL EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF WABI-SABI—A JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY THAT CELEBRATES NATURAL IMPERFECTION AND TIMELESS BEAUTY. ITS RAW, ORGANIC FORM MAKES IT AN IDEAL STATEMENT PIECE FOR MODERN MINIMALIST, RUSTIC, OR AXEL VERVOORDT–INSPIRED INTERIORS.

PERFECT AS A PLANTER, PEDESTAL, OR SCULPTURAL ACCENT. THIS IS A UNIQUE PIECE. 

HEIGHT: 81CM
WIDTH: 55CM
DEPTH: 52CM
MATERIAL: SOLID SAAL WOOD
ORIGIN: NAGALAND, NORTHEAST INDIA
CONDITION: VINTAGE – ONE-OF-A-KIND