11/09/2021
Calabash is made from dried gourds of the calabash tree. The calabash is prepared by soaking a gourd, until its contents get rotten. Using tools as gizago and Kurfi, the contents are then scraped out and left to dry. Based on the shape of the gourd, different crafts are made out of it.
The 1st slide shows the use of the calabash as dambalam, a headcover for babies. Credit: JSTOR
2nd slide: Calabashes of varying designs Credit: JSTOR
3rd slide: Calabash floaters, used by fishermen. Credit: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/Getty Images
4th slide: A calabash shaker, known in Yoruba as Shekere. Credit: Getty Images
5th slide: Calabash as food container. This picture of fulani milk maids by John Hinde is same picture featured on the 10 Naira note.
6th slide: Calabash serving plates and spoons
7th slide: Embellished calabash via Getty Images
8th slide: Girls with Calabashes. Credit: Robert W. Moore /National Geographic
9th slide: The Calabash statue is Yobe, Adamawa state. Photo credit: Alarinka
Note: Calabash can be used interchangeably with gourd.
Read more on the Calabash as a symbol of Nigerian culture at sabinaija.com.
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