Russian shops Olive Natural Edge Bowl

This is a beautiful Natural Edge Bowl with some really interesting wood grain. .
-It is made from Russian Olive (Elaegnus angustfolia). Russian Olive is native to Western and Central Asia. It is an invasive species in the United States. The wood from this bowl came from Surprise Valley in northeastern California.
-This bowl measures 10 shops inches from rim to rim. It tapers down to a diameter of 6 1/2 inches at the base. The rim varies from 1 1/2 inches to 51/8 inches in height (base to rim).
-The rim has numerous points where the bark was attached to the wood.
-This bowl has some cracks on one end. These were filled with mother of pearl inlay.



Bowl #361