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Antique Olmec Ceremonial Cacao Preparation Plate

Lot # 816464

1919 E Kilgore Service Road, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001

Kalamazoo, MI - Front Office

(269) 903-2590

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Item Description

Antique Olmec Ceremonial Cacao Preparation Plate

Handmade, Antique, Amazing Condition Olmec (predecessor to South American Mayan, Incan and Aztec Cultures) ceremonial dish depicting shamanic priests using a metate grinding stone to prepare cocoa during a tobacco smoking religious ritual. 13.5 Inches in Diameter with Stunning Attributes. Gallery Price $688.00.

Cacao has carried deep cultural meaning since it was first domesticated. For the Olmec, an early Mexican Gulf Coast culture (1500 to 400 BC), this plant had geological, nutritional, spiritual, and economic significance. As the first society known to have domesticated the cacao tree, the Olmec found the crop to be spiritually and culturally significant in addition to being a healthful and delicious foodstuff. Theobromine (a chemical compound present in cacao) found in excavated Olmec pottery and at ancient burial sites revealed that cacao beverages were a staple in a variety of spiritual ceremonies. The discovery of the more familiar chocolate drink might have been a happy accident as a by-product of the pulp brewing process.

As per consignor.

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