12023-07-17T20:05:04+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215117plain2023-07-20T20:25:06+00:00Georgia Sharwarko7ad933ef3a80b90340d55cd58ab43bf23996b85eMonkeys 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.
1media/monkeycacao_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T18:34:40+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Clay whistle of monkey holding a cacao pod3media/monkeycacao.jpgplain2023-07-18T19:38:35+00:00600-900UnknownMesoamerica, current day HondurasOpen accessRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/monkey and cacao_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T18:45:39+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Monkey with Cacao2media/monkey and cacao.jpgplain2023-07-19T03:26:06+00:00PrecolumbianUnknownMayanPublic domainRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/monkeycacao_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T18:34:40+00:00Clay whistle of monkey holding a cacao pod3media/monkeycacao.jpgplain2023-07-18T19:38:35+00:00600-900UnknownMesoamerica, current day HondurasOpen access
1media/monkey and cacao_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T18:45:39+00:00Monkey with Cacao2media/monkey and cacao.jpgplain2023-07-19T03:26:06+00:00PrecolumbianUnknownMayanPublic domain
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