Jug

Brooklyn Museum

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Originally made to hold cider, this jug was used to serve drinking chocolate in the style of wealthy patrons from colonial Mexico. Cacao, indigenous to the region, was mixed with water, spices, and honey. The production of cacao among other crops native to the Americas fueled the global expansion of European colonialism. This jug was used by persons who made their wealth off a trade that continues to have repercussions today.

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