The Garo's circular wooden platter from Meghalaya shows indigenous finest craftsmanship and a well-applied design based on the traditional life. This round dish made shallow depth with a very little pedestal at the bottom just gives it slight lift, which makes it stable while placed and also when aligned on uneven surface levels.
Its attractiveness lies in its simplicity; no ornamentations, carvings, nor designs are found in it. The broad rim improves the aesthetics of the plate. Like all the wooden structures, this is a single piece, making it more manageable, especially when serving food with communal meals and in feasting traditions. It is not very shallow, indicating that it serves some dry and semi-solid food items like roasted grains, portions of meat, or fruits. Such plates are made for the home collection or very often seen in ceremonies conducted among the Garo nation.

This becomes very important in the Ahaia (harvest festival) and feast shared by the family when food becomes a source of unity and tradition. Wood is a natural endowment in the Garo Hills, which has located the resource in enormous availability and sustainable harvests, emphasizing the reverence of the culture towards nature.
The plate does not have little exercise to be ornamental; it is functional in design, one of the traits of utility objects among the Garo. They are fashioned and handcrafted by traditional methods; hence, they pass down from one generation to another; thus, functional use blends well with the legacy of the culture.