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: Collector
content: David W. Amram, Jr., Non-Indian, 1901-1990
label: Seller
content: David W. Amram, Jr., Non-Indian, 1901-1990
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by David W. Amram, Jr. (1901-1990, a self-trained archaeologist and cartographer who explored Chiapas and Guatemala in the 1930s); purchased by MAI from David Amram in 1936.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Juchitán; Juchitán de Zaragoza Municipality, Juchitán District, Istmo Regon; 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: 19/160
label: Barcode
content: 190160.000
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