ETA: And on the gourd front - any idea what culture they wanted, or was it in general? I'm putzing around Jstor and coming up with the occasional reference to something called a "beer gourd" but it seems to be a shape, as opposed to an actual gourd. There are also references in North African contexts...
Then again, I just did a search for gourd and drinking vessels - so I'm getting a lot...
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ETA: And on the gourd front - any idea what culture they wanted, or was it in general? I'm putzing around Jstor and coming up with the occasional reference to something called a "beer gourd" but it seems to be a shape, as opposed to an actual gourd. There are also references in North African contexts...
Then again, I just did a search for gourd and drinking vessels - so I'm getting a lot...