Spanish Colonial Argentinian Coin, Antique Guatemalan Coins, Trade Bead Chachal

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Spanish Colonial Argentinian Coin, Antique Guatemalan Coins, Trade Bead Chachal:
$195.00

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Spanish Colonial Argentinian Coin, Old Guatemalan Coins, & Antique Trade Bead Chachal Necklace from Guatemala

The word “Chachal” in Quiche language means necklace. These beautiful objects have a fascinating tale of history, culture, art, and economics that begins during the Pre Columbian period hundreds-thousands of years ago and continues to the present where they still worn by many Mayan populations.

Guatemalan necklaces use coins from Spain, as well as all of the Latin American countries that were once Hispanic colonies along with trade beads from bead centers in Venice, Bohemia/Czechoslovakia, England, & Spain.

*1 Silver Spanish Colonial 8 Reales Coin: ca. 1813 Argentina from Potosi Mint, Bolivia
*18 Nickel 1 Real Coins: ca. 1900-1912 from Guatemala
*140 Antique Czech/Bohemia Periwinkle Rondelle Spacer Trade Beads: ca. late 19th-early 20th century
(these types of beads are very common in the chachales of San Juan Sacatepequez
*Handcrafted sterling silver closure
* Length 21\"

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