{"product_id":"marrakech-craft-natural-gourd-aged-patina","title":"Marrakech Craft — Natural Gourd, Aged Patina","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gourd is one of the oldest cultivated plants on earth — older than wheat, older than rice, older than writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical evidence\u003c\/strong\u003e suggests that bottle gourds were being cultivated simultaneously in Africa and Asia over 10,000 years ago — before any known contact between the two continents. The same plant, the same uses: container, instrument, ritual object. Anthropologists call this a case of independent invention. The gourd didn't need human help to spread its logic across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Morocco, gourd craftsmen in the Marrakech medina have worked with dried gourds for centuries — carving, burning, and lacquering them into objects that carry the warmth of the material and the mark of the hand. In China, the tradition of \u003cem\u003epao qi\u003c\/em\u003e — gourd craft — runs from imperial collections to street markets, the same instinct expressed across every social register.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gourd has been allowed to age naturally — no carving, no lacquer, no intervention. The surface has developed a patina that moves from pale yellow to a warm orange-red, the colour produced by years of oxidation and handling. The form is the original form. Nothing has been added.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e China · Marrakech craft tradition, Morocco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural aged gourd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Decorative object\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne piece only. What you see is what ships.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YOJINMI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280568770629,"sku":"YJM-GD-CN-001","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1011\/5397\/files\/20260704054819_55_46_7d3e8cb7-f8e6-4214-83a8-5f21ce9acdbf.jpg?v=1783119070","url":"https:\/\/yojinmi.com\/products\/marrakech-craft-natural-gourd-aged-patina","provider":"YOJINMI","version":"1.0","type":"link"}