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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.
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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.
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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
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Feasted, and slaked their thirst from the water-gourd of the teacher.
Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson
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Feasted, and slaked their thirst from the water-gourd of the teacher.
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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
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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.
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A mountain shepherd, furnished with water-gourd, a seven-foot staff, and a gigantic pipe, lingered in the country railway-station.
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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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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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