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Cups and bowls for serving chocolate beverages

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  • Cup
  • Cup; Napkin
  • Cup; Napkin

    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Q'eqchi Maya

    Donor

    Association of Q'eqchi' Maya Priests
    Municipality of Coban and Carcha

    Collection History

    Donated to NMAI by the Association of Q'eqchi' Maya Priests and the Municipality of Coban and Carcha, Guatemala, in 2000.

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    Date created

    2000

    Catalog Number

    25/5162

    Barcode

    255162.000

    Object Type

    Food/Beverage Serving

    Indigenous Term

    huacal (cups) and lamba'l b'ukleb (large cups)

    Object Name

    Cups and bowls for serving chocolate beverages

    Media/Materials

    Gourd, paint, lacquer

    Techniques

    Cut, painted

    Place

    Guatemala City; Guatemala Municipality; Guatemala Department, Metropolitan Region; Guatemala

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    Food/Beverage Serving

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws652517d3e-4782-4b75-8666-fb89a0f1698c

    Record ID

    NMAI_271020

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    chocolate bar

    The Power of Chocolate: Cocoa and Chocolate in American History and Culture

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