Tea gourd
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gourd
Measurements
150 mm (Height) x 100 mm (Depth)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339890
Summary
Maté tea gourd, black, formed of multiple, joined bulbous shapes, with a "tail". Hole in the top. Shaped by tying twine around the gourd to cause an irregular shape. Longer, tail part of the gourd curved to form a handle.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.