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| Kikoi gourd vase from Kenya - kalebassi maljakko |
Isn't this Kikoi gourd vase just the most beautiful thing you can imagine?
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| Kikoi gourd vase from Kenya - kalebassi maljakko |
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| Kikoi gourd vase from Kenya - kalebassi maljakko |
Traditionally used to store home-made alcohol drinks in Kenya, it is simply made of dried gourd. At first I couldn't believe it, but then thought again - have you ever forgotten your pumpkins bought for the fall season to your balcony (I've done everything which involves forgetting, so my answer is yes), and thrown them away during the spring? Well - they are hard, and light. Just like these vases!
These gourd vases are carved more or less empty, and then hung to dry in outdoors.
Today just a popular decoration item, they are all individually decorated and painted.
Just beautiful.
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| Kikoi gourd vase from Kenya - kalebassi maljakko |
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| Kikoi gourd vase from Kenya - kalebassi maljakko |
Kalebassi maljakko Keniasta. Niin nätti, niin nätti.
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