Axe money (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1200–1550 (Late Post-Classic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly West Mexican Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed); possibly used by Native people in Northern Mesoamerica
label: Seller
content: Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
label: Previous owner
content: Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
label: Collector
content: Benjamin T. Gilbert (Benjamin Thorne Gilbert/B. T. Gilbert), Non-Indian, 1872-1961
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated by Benjamin Thorne Gilbert (1872-1961, a Utica, New York, investment banker and sculptor with interests in archaeology) while travelling in Mexico in 1905; purchased by George Heye from Benjamin Gilbert in 1905.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Oaxaca State; Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: West Mexican Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 3859
label: Barcode
content: 003859.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe money (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Copper
label: Techniques
content: Cast