Ax head (used as money ?)
Unidentified Zapotec maker
Post Classic (900-1200)
Copper
Overall: 4 5/16 × 1 13/16 × 1/8 in. (11 × 4.6 × 0.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
157.25.14029
Geography
Place Made: Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marks: "Zapoteca coins Lan $3.50" "47/8"
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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