Gourd of Asante origin, silver mounted with two engraved plaques, taken by Major General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope, 42nd Highland Regiment, during the Third Anglo-Asante War (1873 - 1874), Ghana, West Africa

Ko-tze or whistle, consisting of a small light spherical blackened gourd set with pieces of light wood slotted to produce a whistling sound, attached to tail feathers of carrier-pigeons to scare off birds of prey: China, Beijing

Ko-tze or pigeon flute, a small gourd set with one large and six small whistles, for attachment to the tail feathers of carrier-pigeons to scare off birds of prey: China, Beijing

Marracas or rattle, a gourd painted red and incised with a picture of a house within a circular frame, played at dancing: Morocco, Casablanca, 20th century

Murli or gourd pipes consisting of a double wooden pipe inserted into a gourd ornamented with a beadwork fringe: India, Rajasthan, Nagaur district, mid 20th century

Scent bottle in the form of a flat circular gourd with a silver neck between two attached brackets, from which hang chains that fasten to a detachable stopper, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: possibly German, mid 19th century

Peyote rattle, with wooden shaft decorated with beads, coloured thread, dyed horsehair and a cord tassel, supporting a hollow gourd containing seeds: North America, USA, Plains, 19th century

Zylaphone or balangi, a wood and fibre frame with a keyboard of graduating sized wooden keys with various sized globular gourd resonators strung below with a pair of wooden handled beaters bound at one end with natural leaf fibre: Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, late 19th century

Drum made of a large spherical gourd fitted with a cylindrical wooden neck and skin head, with a brass plate at one side with numerous small bells and brass objects attached: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Kumasi, Asante

Sansa of gourd, wood and iron: West Africa, Nigeria, Jos, Birom people, c. 1950

Rattle or labajo consisting of a straight stick with forked end on which are strung discs cut from gourds and arranged in a graduated series: Africa, West Africa, Northern Nigeria, Kano, Fulani people

Rattle made from a bottle-shaped gourd, the neck cut for use as a trumpet, covered with a loose network of twine on which are strung sections of nut: Africa, West Africa, Northern Nigeria, Nungu people

Belt of leather plaited and strung with seven charms or amulets consisting of small leather packages and sealed calabash/gourd containers wrapped in twine: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin, 19th century

Gourd for holding oil: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Vessel for water (ipu, laha, ipu pawehe) consisting of a gourd figured with a lozenge pattern: Polynesian, Hawaiian Islands

Vessel for water (ipu, laha, ipu pawehe) made from a spherical gourd with narrow neck, decorated in dark brown with geometric devices, and panels filled with stars, undulating lines and criss-cross work: Polynesian, Hawaiian Islands