| Object History Note | Note accompanying donation 'Suitcase containing items given to and collected by Miss Elizabeth McMurtrie MBE (1876 - 1952), awarded the MBE for her work as a nurse (midwife) and missionary with the Kikuya tribe in Kenya in 1920s. The University already holds botanical items donated by Mr McMurtrie (her father)'. |
| Inscription Content | Label attached to object reads 'Gourd from Kenya, 1916.'. |