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South Africa: Zulu women brewing beer. Coloured lithograph by G.F. Angas, 1849.

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria): fruiting plant growing under a palm. Engraving.

Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.

Three plants, including a calabash-tree (Crescentia cujete) with starfish and sea urchins in an exotic tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Two pictures: two women pounding grain and African people brewing pombe. Lithograph with tint plate.

Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Still life of fruits, including gourds, cucumbers, figs and grapes. Engraving by J-B Haussard after Boisseau.

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Gourds

Images from the collections

Images about Gourds

Works from the collections

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.

Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Two pictures: two women pounding grain and African people brewing pombe. Lithograph with tint plate.

Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Gourds

Images from the collections

Images about Gourds

Works from the collections

Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.

Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Two pictures: two women pounding grain and African people brewing pombe. Lithograph with tint plate.

Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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