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Gourds

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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.
  • South Africa: Zulu women brewing beer. Coloured lithograph by G.F. Angas, 1849.
  • Calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria): fruiting plant growing under a palm. Engraving.
  • Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.
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    Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18107i
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    African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.

    | Reference: 25430i
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    Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22593i
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    Two pictures: two women pounding grain and African people brewing pombe. Lithograph with tint plate.

    | Reference: 25431i
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    Gherkin (Cucumis anguria L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16732i
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