Tuesday 4 September 2018

GOURD SHAKER

gourd shaker
A hand-carved gourd shaker with seeds still inside. Lots of time and patience must have gone into this beautiful carving with such an intricate ink-stained design. A true labour of love. The incised Greek writing on it reads:
ERGON  (the work of)
CHRISTODOUROU LAIOUTARI
PANAGIA (Island of Thasos)
and the date 15-6-70.
Thanks due to AMIS member, Prof. Stephen Cottrell, for deciphering this.