Gourd Growers of the South Seas: An Introduction to the Study of the Lagenaria Gourd in the Culture of the Polynesians

Boston: The Gourd Society of America, 1943. Ethnographical Series No. 2. Octavo (22 x 14.5 cm.), xiii, 119 pages. Illustrated with thirty three plates in black and white. Large folding chart of use categories; bibliography. FIRST EDITION. The second publication of The Gourd Society of America, following Gourds of the Southeastern Indians by Dr. Frank G. Speck. With sections on the place and people, the plant and its fruit, gourds as containers, as musical instruments, their decoration and use in basketry, myths and tales involving gourds, and more. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Fine. Scarce.