Summit, Ginger

Provides step-by-step instructions for making, decorating, and playing more than sixty string, wind, and percussion instruments made from gourds, along with numerous color photos and cultural information on the instruments' places of origin.

Guide to decorating gourds, with 22 projects that employ 55 decorative techniques and materials, including wood burning, carving, painting, basketry, staining,and inlay. Each project is explained with photographs and detailed instructions.