Collection of the Miraflores Museum in Guatemala City, an archaeological museum dedicated to the Maya city of Kaminaljuyu.
<ul><li>8 - water jug with spout (spout handle). Pacific Coast. Late Preclassic to Terminal Preclassic.</li>
<li>9 - vase depicting scenes of an individual emerging from a cacao pod. Pacific Coast, second half of the Early Classic.</li>
<li>10 - candlestick holder shaped like a cacao pod. Possibly Pacific Coast, second half of the Early Classic.</li>
<li>11 - figurine with cacao pods on head and body. Pacific Coast, Late Classic Period.</li>
<li>12 - water jug with narrow neck, globular body and convex base. Monte Alto Rojo Ware. Kaminaljuyu, Late Preclassic. Found in abundance around Monte Alto (Escuintla). Those in Kaminaljuyu were made locally and are associated with Group A-IV and Mound A-IV-5. They were placed in a basket. Marion Popenoe de Hatch theorised that they were used to store grain. Later, Barbara Arroyo discovered cacao beans, black beans, avocado seeds and jocote seeds associated with the jugs.</li></ul>
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