LYNN M. STONE / Golden Retriever puppy, 6 weeks, amongst gourds, Illinois, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of Golden Retriever puppy with paw on rim of basket full of gourds, Connecticut, USA

Jouan & Rius / Baobab / Gourd trees (Adansonia gregorii) in grassland / savanna habitat, Kimberley, Western Australia

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Lani hunters with painted faces, head-dressed, nose adornment and penis case / gourd, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd / Loufa plant (Luffa aegyptiaca) tendril curling, at the point of reversion,

Chien Lee / Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) seed, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) seeds on the forest floor, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Termite mounds and Baobab / Gourd trees (Adansonia gregorii) in savanna habitat, Kimberley, Western Australia. July 2009

Jouan & Rius / Close up of Baobab / Gourd tree (Adansonia gregorii) Kimberley, Western Australia. July 2009

Jouan & Rius / Baobab / Gourd trees (Adansonia gregorii) in grassland / savanna habitat, Kimberley, Western Australia. July 2009

Jouan & Rius / Baobab / Gourd tree (Adansonia gregorii) Kimberley, Western Australia. July 2009

Jouan & Rius / Close up of Baobab / Gourd tree (Adansonia gregorii) Kimberley, Western Australia. July 2009

Eric Baccega / Yali hunter in traditional dress crouched on boulder with arrow drawn, and taking aim. He wears a nose adornment made of wild pig's bones, rooster feather head-dress, and penis gourd. West Papua, for...

Eric Baccega / Yali men making fire using stick, wearing traditional dress, with penis gourd abd and ratan girdles. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002 (West Papua).

Eric Baccega / Yali hunter in the forest, with bow and arrow drawn, in traditional dress, with nose adornment made of wild pig's bones, rooster feather head-dress, and penis gourd. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Ind...

Steven David Miller / Gourd / Boab tree {Adansonia gregorii} The Kimberley, Western Australia

WILLIAM OSBORN / Gourd / Boab / Bottle tree {Adansonia gregorii} Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Boab / Gourd tree {Adansonia gregorii} with a split trunk and the letters "HMC Mermaid 1820" carved into it by Phillip Parker King, to record the site where his boat, His Majesty's Cutter Mermaid, was...

Juergen Freund / Boab / Bottle / Gourd tree {Adansonia gregorii} in desert, Kimberleys, Western Australia

Juergen Freund / Boabab / gourd / bottle tree {Adansonia gregorii} Kimberley, Western Australia

Pete Oxford / Antandroy herdsman wearing hat made from goat skin and shoes from Zebu skin. The gourd is for storing water or milk and the top is closed off with a corn cob. Spiny forest of Southern MADAGASCAR. 200...

LYNN M. STONE / Domestic rabbit, New Zealand breed amongst pumpkins, USA

Nature Production / Japanese Snake Gourd flower {Trichosanthes cucumeroides} Japan

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd / Loofah staminate flower {Luffa aegyptiaca} Japan

Nature Production / Luffa plant / Sponge Gourd {Luffa aegyptiaca} bearing fruit, Japan

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd {Luffa aegyptiaca} fruits and flowers - dried and sold as loofah, Japan

Jeff Vanuga / Bleeding a cow - Samburu men collecting blood in gourd. Samburu people live on a diet of blood and milk. Masai Mara, Kenya. 2005.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Prison tree, ancient Boab(ab) tree used as aboriginal prison in 1800's, Western Australia

Jabruson / Maasai traditional E-unoto ceremony, Kedong Valley, Rift valley, Kenya. Elders talk and pass ceremonial gourd with blood / milk mix. 1985

Jabruson / Masai eunoto ceremony junior elders receive blessing as milk from gourd Kenya