Wooden vegetable dish/platter, roughly oval in shape with a flat edge on one side and a raised lip on the other three sides. On the opposite side to the flat aspect is a handle that has five uneven sides with roughly carved detail. The dish has a carved, worn, depression in the centre. The reverse of the platter is flat and covered in various designs including letters, circles and leaf shapes. There is a carved leaf pattern on the reverse of the handle.
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