African Porridge Half Calabash

This is a Lagenaria Siceraria or better known as gourd or calabash. This half calabash is used to serve porridge in the Luo tradition during traditional ceremonies, to scoop food from the sufurias.
This calabash is made from a fruit or plant which is already ripe and cut into two portions before the contents are removed. It is later left in the sun for the contents to dry, afterwards removed before it is used. It is used by both sexes to drink porridge, water and even milk.
Known as calabash, these dried and hollowed Kenyan gourds have a huge range of uses, from instruments to a common household utensil across East Africa.
As these are natural products, slight variations in size and shape are expected.