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Lot of 2 pre-Columbian copper-arsenic tajaderas from Oaxaca, Mexico, 1300s or later: one (large) fro

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Lot of 2 pre-Columbian copper-arsenic tajaderas from Oaxaca, Mexico, 1300s or later: one (large) fro
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Lot of 2 pre-Columbian copper-arsenic tajaderas from Oaxaca, Mexico, 1300s or later: one (large) from the Xaaga culture and one (small) from the Mixtec culture. 69 grams, 5" x 6" and 10.14 grams, 3-1/2" x 1-3/4". Native-American trade currency made in Mexico from about 1300 AD onward of two different types: a wide mushroom-shaped tajadera of the Xaaga (Oaxaca) culture of southern Mexico, scarce; and a very small tajadera of the Mixtec (Oaxaca) culture of southern Mexico, very rare; both in nice, undamaged condition with a dusting of tan sediment and patina.