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  • A common motif is the double water-gourd design, also woven into belts, where it gives the impression of snake skins.

    Huichol art, a matter of survival: Part Four 2009

  • A common motif is the double water-gourd design, also woven into belts, where it gives the impression of snake skins.

    Huichol art, a matter of survival: Part Four 2009

  • Now and then a carrier dead in harness, at rest in the long grass near the path, with an empty water-gourd and his long staff lying by his side.

    Heart of Darkness 1960

  • Feasted, and slaked their thirst from the water-gourd of the teacher.

    Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson

  • Feasted, and slaked their thirst from the water-gourd of the teacher.

    Evangeline. A Tale of Acadie 1909

  • Now and then a carrier dead in harness, at rest in the long grass near the path, with an empty water-gourd and his long staff lying by his side.

    Heart of Darkness 1902

  • Now and then a carrier dead in harness, at rest in the long grass near the path, with an empty water-gourd and his long staff lying by his side.

    Youth And Two Other Stories 1899

  • A mountain shepherd, furnished with water-gourd, a seven-foot staff, and a gigantic pipe, lingered in the country railway-station.

    Mike Fletcher A Novel 1892

  • Now and then a carrier dead in harness, at rest in the long grass near the path, with an empty water-gourd and his long staff lying by his side.

    Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1890

  • Now and then a carrier dead in harness, at rest in the long grass near the path, with an empty water-gourd and his long staff lying by his side.

    Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1890

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