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 My Dad gave me a gourd that is about 4 inches tall and has a circumference of about 
2 1/2 inches. It is hollowed out . This gourd contains shot inside that looks to be used 
with a blackpowder rifle. Do you have any information about this concerning the era in 
which this could have been used or any information on this particular gourd at all? 
        REPLIES:

There are many of these little gourds (with shot still inside) at a museum in Edgefield, South Carolina. The curator is very knowledgeable. I will talk to him about them. More later, Joanne Crouch SC Gourd Society

I was recently given this gourd and wondered if you could tell me anything about it...
it is decorated with what I believe to be copper wire and certainly has some age to it...
any help would be greatly appreciated...
        REPLIES:
      This is typical Zulu (South African) wire work frequently found on snuff bottles.  -- Jim Widess,  The Caning Shop -- www.caning.com

      We have some smoking pipes done by the Kuba tribe in Africa that has this type of copper wire work done on them. --
David Wuttke, www.turtlefeathers.com

        I have seen a similarly colored gourd with copper wire inlay on ebay  a while ago. It was advertized as antique Japanese. -- Gita Landwehr, www.gitaland.com

This gourd is 17 inches high and 15 inches wide and has little white dots outlining some areas. Any advice on what indian tribe may have made this?