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Gourd Rattle2790/23

Unworked gourd with bumpy surface has one globular end and the other end long and narrow like a handle. Dried seeds inside the gourd rattle when shaken.

Culture
Southern African ?
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Gourd2738/8 a-b

Small engraved sugar gourd with lid cut from top in a circular zigzag. Engraved decoration, stained black against the brown, consists of several encircling bands of vegetal spirals and chains, a band showing musicians and villagers dancing, and a band of llamas. The flat bottom is plain.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit and stain
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish Figure2729/2

Woven fish figure. The fish has protruding lips, round face, upper and lower fins and a tail. Black dots are painted on the flat body. Attached to the back is a string for hanging.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
gumba bark, paint, gourd fruit and bark fibre
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Penis Sheath2729/5

Penis sheath. Made from a curved, basketry covered gourd, it is decorated with woven vertical zigzags and clusters of seeds dangling from thin ropes at both ends, and is painted in three shades of brown. A thin rope loops at open end.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
gourd fruit, grass fibre, seed and paint
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Gourd2738/1

Bowl-shaped half of a large round gourd with exterior surface completely covered with engraving. Depicted in the centre of the light brown base is a village scene of celebration with many people, in traditional costume, all drinking, dancing, and playing musical instruments. Around the thick rim run bands of vegetal decoration and an interlocking chain pattern.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2738/49 a-b

Small burnished brown and black pot with flat base. A lid (part b), made from circular piece of gourd with small hole to one edge, has been sealed on with a dark resin-like substance that still adheres in part around rim of both pot and lid.

Culture
Quechua: Napo Quichua
Material
clay, gourd fruit and resin
Made in
Napo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gourd Dish2738/22

Shallow gourd dish with three similar dark brown decorative motifs (bird?) painted below the rim.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit and paint ?
Made in
Piura, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gourd Dish2738/21

Open shallow gourd dish with engraving of colonial style floral motifs covering entire exterior surface. Negative background space is stained dark brown, the positive area is reddish brown.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit and stain ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gourd Container2738/20

Small undecorated gourd with spherical base and long narrow neck. A small circular opening has been cut out at base of neck.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Gourd2738/9

Round reddish brown gourd with engraved decoration covering most of surface. In a circle at the top are three birds in a floral background. In a continuous band encircling the lower portion are depictions of a bull-fight, musicians and dancers, animals in the mountains, villages and villagers.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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