Xiqui Handaxe, Mexico, 13th - 15th century
date: label: date made
content: 13th - 15th century
place: label: place made
content: Mexico: Aztec Empire
label: associated place
content: Mexico: Aztec Empire
label: associated place
content: Mexico
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.OC053
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.OC053
label: collector/donor number
content: OC053
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Axe Money (Xiqui)
label: Object Name
content: nontraditional money
label: Object Name
content: traditional money
label: Object Name
content: Xiquis Handaxes
label: Object Name
content: handaxe
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Xiquis Handaxes; Axe Money (Xiqui); Americas; Mexico, Pre-Aztecs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black/gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green patination (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: hammered and filed to shape (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.3 cm x 17.5 cm x .6 cm; 6 1/32 in x 6 7/8 in x 1/4 in