GUATEMALAN SILVER COLORED CHACHAL (NECKLACE) W/ COINS, CROSSES & CHAIN

Description

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AND STRIKING  "CHACHAL" OR NECKLACE IN THE QUECHUA LANGUAGE THAT IS TRADITIONALLY WORN BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN GUATEMALA.
LIKE THE INDIGENOUS  GUATEMALAN GARMENTS OR HUIPILS, EACH CHACHAL HAS ITS OWN REGIONAL STYLE DEPENDING  ON WHERE IT WAS MADE.
THE AGE AND EXACT LOCATION WHERE THIS ONE WAS MADE IN GUATEMALA  IS UNKNOWN.
THE METAL IS PROBABLY A SILVER AMALGAM AND  HAS SEVEN GRADUATED SIZE SPANISH TYPE REAL  ("REAL" AS IN THE SPANISH NAME FOR THE TYPE OF COIN)  COINS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF CROSSES AND FISH ATTACHED, CULMINATING WITH A LARGER CROSS AT THE BASE.
WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH  FACES, VOLCANOS, WRITING AND  SOME DATES ON THE COINS.
THIS STRIKING NECKLACE MEASURES JUST UNDER 6"  LONG AND 3 1/4" WIDE.
THE CHAIN IS 10 3/4" ONE SIDE ONLY. (DOUBLE FOR ACTUAL LENGTH)
A TRUE PIECE OF GUATEMALAN JEWELRY WITH GREAT STYLE.
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