the bottle gourd used as a receptacle, dance rattle and drum.

Drum consisting of a single gourd or made up of 2 large gourds of unequal size joined together, ipu heke. (`Olapa)

the bottle gourd ( Lagenaria siceraria, also L. vulgaris), a wide-spreading vine, with large-angled or lobed leaves, white, night blooming flowers, and smooth green and mottled or white fruits varying widely in shape and size. The plant is a native of tropical Asia or Africa. Hawaiians have long used ipu gourds as receptacles, to hold water or food, or for rattles for dances.

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