Antique Guatemalan Coins, Milagros, and Venetian White Heart Trade Bead Chachal

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Antique Guatemalan, Mexican Coins & VintageTrade 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.
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 Antique Coin Pendant with Mexican 2 Real Silver Coin 1819, 2 dog milagros, antique silver cross, & 2 owl milagros
*4 Antique 2 Real .835 Silver Guatemalan Coins mid-late 19th century
*2 Antique 1 Real Silver Nickel Guatemalan Coins-late 19th century early 20th century
*2 Antique 1/2 Real Silver Nickel Guatemalan Coins-late 19th century early 20th century
*4 Antique 1 Real Silver Nickel Guatemalan Coins early 20th century
*6 Antique Silver Beads (late 19th-early 20th century)
* 150 Antique White Heart trade beads from Venice (mid 19th-early 20th century)
*Pendant 2" H (3.5" H with milagros) x 2" W
* Length 26"L
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