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Economic Botany Collections

Gourds

Cricket cage

Cricket cage

Catalogue no:

54647

Botanical classification:

CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria

Donor:

Dr. Lockhart

Donor date:

1878

Geographical origin:

Asia Temperate, China, Peking

This small gourd from Peking was used as a cage for fighting crickets, a gambling game once popular in China . This particular cricket cage was grown in a mould to produce its patterned surface. Dr. Lockhart donated two such cricket cages to the Collections. One is moulded with surface characters translated to mean pleasure, joy, or play, while the other has imitations of copper money or cash upon its surface.

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