Utensils 1
Mayan Methods
1) Grinding cacao:
Metate, or grinding stone (bottom left-of-center)
Maya, 750–850, Cylinder Vessel with Supernatural Palace Scene and Cacao Tree (rollout photograph), Guatemala, Petén, Motul de San José or vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
© Museum Associates/LACMA Conservation
Photographed by Yosi Pozeilov
2) Frothing Chocolate:
"The Princeton Vase"
Maya, Late Classic (670–750), 'Codex' style, Nakbé region, Mirador Basin, Petén, Guatemala
Princeton University
3) Servingware:
Drinking Cup for Cacao
Guatemala or Mexico, Maya, 550–700,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Acquisition Fund
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