The Chagga people had their own utility products which were made by their crafts men who are scattered from one end to another of the land. Today i want to show you some digital images of their products if not all. And give you a short brief of each product as we go along.
O n the photo above we see some of the softwood products used by Chagga of Uru. The wooden trays where used for serving cooked meat ( Chagga used to eat a lot of meat in the yester years).The stirrer and wooden spoon, used for stirring food whilst cooking.
Mboriko or Kitela (wooden bowl)
Mboriko is widely used in Chaggaland for Porridge, Mtori, Kitawa, Kitalolo, Kiumbo etc,local food varieties.
Kiuri (Mortar) they are made of different sizes. the smaller one is used for pounding spices and medicinal herbs. Whilst the larger one for pounding food grains such as maize, millet etc to flour.
Kihondi ( carved wooden container) are made of different sizes. And are used for storing water, keeping Mbege,Chagga local brew, washing coffee beans etc.
Wooden carved round drums were used for storing water or keeping Mbege, Chagga local brew.
Kata (calabash) is used for drinking local brew mbege, water and also as a filling utility for water from the stream into storage containers . this is a simple one, some of them are nicely decorated using scorching technique.
At Sanaa Zetu we have in stock of the Chagga traditional utility products which are still frequently used by the Chagga people. You are most welcome. Customers satisfaction is our motto.
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