This is an authentic Lapland 'kuksa', made from birch gnarl, mellowed by the midnight sun, the northern lights and crackling frosts (according to the label!).
Tradition dictates you make your own kuksa with stirrer, or one is given as a gift.
@lyndemc it is very tactile, I love wood - think one reason I'm loving your photos, you capture the textures beautifully @mzzhope it is, thank you @randystreat His brothef usedbto work in Finland, snd gave it as a gift. I'm afraid we've not used it for drinking from, it's a receptacle for junk ( a key, a (broken) tiny Christmas bauble, broken St Christopher necklace and a memory stick- all carefully returned to it!!!) Agree with you about learning stuff here, shame I rarely retain that new knowledge!! @s4sayer only learnt it's history for this project, they're not cheap either I found out too - all that whittling under the northern lights!! @anniesue oh glad someone read it!!! 👍thank you;) @shutterbug49 it's a stirrer- looks like antler or bone though @joysabin it's a traditional Nordic cup, it's very light, made from one piece so durable @haskar ooh that's interesting, whst else is significant about birch Hannah?? @stimuloog I love its ornamental look @wakelys it is @judithdeacon and when I dusted and oiled it the golden colour and grain really shone @ludwigsdiana thank you, corrected spolling error, it's a cup
Why don't you use it?
You asked how long I've been learning the cello: about 2 years now. I am very much in the elementary stages!
@mzzhope it is, thank you
@randystreat His brothef usedbto work in Finland, snd gave it as a gift. I'm afraid we've not used it for drinking from, it's a receptacle for junk ( a key, a (broken) tiny Christmas bauble, broken St Christopher necklace and a memory stick- all carefully returned to it!!!) Agree with you about learning stuff here, shame I rarely retain that new knowledge!!
@s4sayer only learnt it's history for this project, they're not cheap either I found out too - all that whittling under the northern lights!!
@anniesue oh glad someone read it!!! 👍thank you;)
@shutterbug49 it's a stirrer- looks like antler or bone though
@joysabin it's a traditional Nordic cup, it's very light, made from one piece so durable
@haskar ooh that's interesting, whst else is significant about birch Hannah??
@stimuloog I love its ornamental look
@wakelys it is
@judithdeacon and when I dusted and oiled it the golden colour and grain really shone
@ludwigsdiana thank you, corrected spolling error, it's a cup
@merrelyn it is
@quietpurplehaze it's lovely and soft in texture