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DARFUR GOURDS
F. H. Sterns, Ph.D.
Calabash vessels are widely distributed throughout Africa.1 Almost every con-
ceivable practicable form which can be made from a gourd shell may be found somewhere
on that continent. Dippers, bowls, jars, jugs, bottles, pipes, and many eccentric types
occur. The decoration varies as widely as the shape, both in its technique and in its
motives. This wide distribution, coupled with such extensive variations, must of course
have an important ethnological significance. As yet, however, the comparative study of
African gourds has been neglected. Even the preliminary work of the accurate descrip-
tions of the gourd vessels from particular tribes or localities has scarcely been undertaken.
It is as a slight contribution to this important subject that the present paper, describing a
is here presented.
Dllection were made by the official gourd-maker of
They were obtained by G. A. Reisner in the Sudan,
Museum of Harvard University.
ie collection were made from complete gourds (figs,
small circular orifice has been cut through the shell
tem. The edge of the orifice of one of the vessels 2
rly smooth by the application of some hot imple-
has not been so treated.
j termed “bowls”.3 Each of these is a half gourd
the Congo; ‘Les collections ethnographiques du Musee du Congo’
lies, 1899) pls. 6, 7. For the Zambesi region, cf. F. Ratzel, The
For the Kamerun, cf. G. Tessman. Die Pangwe, Berlin, 1913,
Tremearne, Hausa superstitions and customs, London, 1913, figs.
Berlin, 1897, p. 47.
el is 24 cm. in diameter, 23 cm. high, and has an orifice of 9 cm.
sei are 24, 18, and 6 cm. The remaining vessels vary from 16 to
ration Tremearne (op. cit., p. 239) gives, the Hausa calabash ves-
g a diameter of only 3f inches. This is not the case, however, with
Peabody Museum collection is representative. Among these are
fur vessels, and much greater heights.
se, be due merely to the smallness of the collection. One however,
s respect from other collections from Africa. Three of the re-
F. H. Sterns, Ph.D.
Calabash vessels are widely distributed throughout Africa.1 Almost every con-
ceivable practicable form which can be made from a gourd shell may be found somewhere
on that continent. Dippers, bowls, jars, jugs, bottles, pipes, and many eccentric types
occur. The decoration varies as widely as the shape, both in its technique and in its
motives. This wide distribution, coupled with such extensive variations, must of course
have an important ethnological significance. As yet, however, the comparative study of
African gourds has been neglected. Even the preliminary work of the accurate descrip-
tions of the gourd vessels from particular tribes or localities has scarcely been undertaken.
It is as a slight contribution to this important subject that the present paper, describing a
is here presented.
Dllection were made by the official gourd-maker of
They were obtained by G. A. Reisner in the Sudan,
Museum of Harvard University.
ie collection were made from complete gourds (figs,
small circular orifice has been cut through the shell
tem. The edge of the orifice of one of the vessels 2
rly smooth by the application of some hot imple-
has not been so treated.
j termed “bowls”.3 Each of these is a half gourd
the Congo; ‘Les collections ethnographiques du Musee du Congo’
lies, 1899) pls. 6, 7. For the Zambesi region, cf. F. Ratzel, The
For the Kamerun, cf. G. Tessman. Die Pangwe, Berlin, 1913,
Tremearne, Hausa superstitions and customs, London, 1913, figs.
Berlin, 1897, p. 47.
el is 24 cm. in diameter, 23 cm. high, and has an orifice of 9 cm.
sei are 24, 18, and 6 cm. The remaining vessels vary from 16 to
ration Tremearne (op. cit., p. 239) gives, the Hausa calabash ves-
g a diameter of only 3f inches. This is not the case, however, with
Peabody Museum collection is representative. Among these are
fur vessels, and much greater heights.
se, be due merely to the smallness of the collection. One however,
s respect from other collections from Africa. Three of the re-