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1976.19.64

Silver circular commemorative medal in presentation case.

1976.19.64

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Collection type
Object
Description
Silver circular commemorative medal in presentation case.
Long description
Silver circular commemorative medal in presentation case. The medal is a reproduction of the Chinkultic disc. The reverse has text in the centre reading 'XXVII CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE AMERICANISTAS CIUDAD DE MEXICO AGOSTO DE 1939'.
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Mary French
Date / Period
Date made: 1939
Date collected
By 1976
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1976
Materials and processes
Material Silver Metal, Process Struck
Dimensions
Diameter 38 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1976.19.64
Research and responses

This medal is described as "Aztec," but it is actually a reproduction of the "Chinkultic disc"— a Maya ballcourt marker from the site of Chinkultic in present-day Chiapas, Mexico. Here is an image of the original monument: https://www.mesoweb.com/features/jpl/48.html. Information provided by Dr. Andrés Bustamante Agudelo, Julia de Lacy Mann Fellow at Merton College, University of Oxford.

Search terms: Insignia, Commemoration, Medal

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