The leaf design on this beautiful bowl has been hand-carved from mango wood, a wonderfully sustainable wood. The bowl has then been polished to bring out the natural beauty of the wood. These bowls have been hand-carved by skilled artisans working for an inspirational Fair Trade organisation in northern India. All their mango wood products are hand carved by WFTO accredited producers in India. Due to the handmade nature of these products designs may slightly vary but loveliness comes as standard. They are made entirely by hand using traditional skills handed down from generation to generation. Mango trees have an extremely long life but eventually do stop bearing fruit and are replaced by younger trees. As India produces, by far, the most mangos in the world this results in a massive industry using one of the most sustainable woods known to man.