Gourd

Gourd for holding lime

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A calabash used as a container for betel chalk. The gourdes were specially cultivated to make calabashes in the interior of Manus, the main island of the Admiralty Islands. The dumbbell shape is made by constricting the fruit during growth. Collected by Wilhelm Lebahn, Captain of the Imperial Navy Survey Ship S.M.S. Planet.

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