The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Drinking Cup

Drinking Cup

900–1519
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Pulque, once the drink of gods and rulers, is now available in a can.

Description

After about the year 800, several Mixtec kingdoms developed in the regions known today as Oaxaca and Puebla in southern Mexico. Mixtec artists excelled in creating small-scale, fine works of art, including polychrome pottery. A Mixtec noble may have used this well-painted goblet to drink chocolate or pulque, a fermented beverage made from the sap of the maguey cactus.
  • ?-1958
    Purchased by Benedict Crowell, Jr., 1958, gift to James C. and Florence C, Gruener
    1958-1990
    James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1990
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.212