Gourd Pipe - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99841 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria | Entry Book Number | 13.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Gourd Pipe | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Gourd Pipe | Geography Description | Used in many countries in central and south Africa. | ||
| Uses | Gourd PipeUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Haynes, B. J. | Donor No | 125 | ||
| Donor Date | 18/05/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Haynes, B. J. | Collector No | 125 | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | In many African cultures, gourds have been used to produce pipes or water pipes, which could be used either on a daily basis or during rituals and ceremonies.x0Dx0ASee: Dagan, G (1988) The African Calabash. Montreal: Galerie Amrad, p. 87-125 | ||||