Gourd bottle

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Bottle gourd, post 1910
African, Calabar, Efik people

Donated by Miss E Beveridge, 1953 (On behalf of AL Beveridge)
Museum number 1953-148

This gourd has been made from a dried calabash fruit and was used for serving palm wine. It is decorated with pokerwork, created by burning patterns into the surface of the shell with heated pokers.