12023-07-17T20:05:04+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Monkeys and Cacao in ArtGeorgia Sharwarko7plain2023-07-20T20:25:06+00:00Georgia Sharwarko7ad933ef3a80b90340d55cd58ab43bf23996b85e
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1media/monkeycacao_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T18:34:40+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Clay whistle of monkey holding a cacao podRosie Abraham3plain2023-07-18T19:38:35+00:00600-900UnknownMesoamerica, current day HondurasOpen accessRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
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12023-07-17T20:05:04+00:00Monkeys and Cacao in Art7plain2023-07-20T20:25:06+00:00Monkeys are a common theme in the Indigenous art of cacao. This is because monkeys in Mesoamerica spread cacao seeds. Indigenous cultures often drew images of monkeys holding cacao pods as they knew that they relied on the monkeys for this luxury.
However, the European representation of monkeys is to make fun of colonizers/Europeans who drink chocolate, equating them to monkeys, a theme that has racist undertones towards Native Americans.