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Cylinder Vessel for Cacao

Date

600-850

Creator

Unrecorded Maya artist

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

This vessel would have been used at important events to consume a frothy beverage made from cacao. The central glyph labels the vessel as yu-k’i-bi or "their cup" and stylized cacao beans appear alongside the glyph. A band of decorative pseudo-glyphs repeat along the top. Pseudo-glyphs resemble writing, but to our knowledge, do not communicate coherent words or phrases.

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This vessel would have been used at important events to consume a frothy beverage made from cacao. The central glyph labels the vessel as yu-k’i-bi or "their cup" and stylized cacao beans appear alongside the glyph. A band of decorative pseudo-glyphs repeat along the top. Pseudo-glyphs resemble writing, but to our knowledge, do not communicate coherent words or phrases.
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Unrecorded Maya artist
600-850
Vessels
Slipped and painted ceramic
2002.068.005
chocolate
drinking vessels
Maya
Raclin Murphy Museum: 205
5 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (14.29 x 13.97 x 13.97 cm)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon

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