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Make a contribution back to the Mayans in appreciation for their contribution of cacao to the world.
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Beneficiary name: ChocoGuateMaya
Beneficiary's address:
Attn: Corinne Willock, CGM President,
A-395, POBox 669004,
Miami Springs, FL 33266 USA
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One of the most highly valued crops of the Pacific slopes of southern Guatemala was cacao. Representations of cacao are preserverd in ceramics from this region, often in the form of incense burners or lidded cache vessels. This lid is modeled in the form of a young woman who holds a small pot filled with cacao pods. She emerges from a pile of cacao beans, once used as a form of currency.
Censer Lid in Form of Female Holding Cacao
South Coast, Guatemala
AD 250-450
Ceramic
32 x 42 cm
Museo Nacional de Arqueologia y Etnologia, Guatemala City
Censer Lid in Form of Female Holding Cacao
South Coast, Guatemala
AD 250-450
Ceramic
32 x 42 cm
Museo Nacional de Arqueologia y Etnologia, Guatemala City