Small spherical gourd made from a monkey orange, with a blackened hole on one side.
Item
Title
Small spherical gourd made from a monkey orange, with a blackened hole on one side.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Description
Small spherical orange-brown gourd, made from a dried monkey orange (the fruit of the Strychnos Spinosa Tree). There is a blackened hole on one side. It was used as a container for lukula powder, which would be mixed with wax to insert it into the hole. It would then be shaken out of a smaller hole.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1415
A36/1415
Source
Space/Place
Cunene Province [province], Cuamato [town near], Ondjiva [town near]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust