Gourd; Calabash
Item
Title
Gourd; Calabash
Creator
Unrecorded
Description
Physical Description: A simple, constricted neck gourd with a leather thong handle tied around the neck. There is a dried corn husk inside the gourd, which may have been used as a stopper or an addition to purify the water carried within.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
Pre 1906
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
whole: 180 x 140 mm
plant gourd; leather
Identifier
R705/16
Source
Donated to Brighton Museum by Miss Faith Standing of 99 Edith Road, West Kensington, London in 1906.
Faith Standing
Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Pre 1906
Space/Place
Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International