Vintage Petrified Wooden Bowl Or Petit Basin, Object, Accessory Of Organic Origin

Petrified wooden bowl or petit basin in brown tones. The item is smooth sanded on the inside and has the original (a little rough) wooden texture on the outside. This petrified wooden object is the end product of a per-mineralization process, in this case wood, which takes millions of years. The object still holds the organic and typically wooden tissue and carvings from the original wood. It can be used as a bowl, petit basin or Stand alone, just as it is. The brown and beige tones of the material, and the difference in texture on the outside and inside, make this a fascinating piece. Petrified wood are the fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. It is the (end) product of a natural, organic decay process (which takes millions of years) of organic material (in this case wooden trees) by the process of per-mineralization. All the organic materials have been replaced with minerals, while retaining the original structure of the stem tissue. The petrifaction process only takes place under specific circumstances, occurs underground and takes up millions of years to be completed. The minerals present in the ground determine the colouring of the object.