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Zacatecas Rare Blackware Scepter with a Rattlesnake

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Zacatecas Rare Blackware Scepter with a Rattlesnake

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Pre-Columbian, northern Mexico, Zacatecas (Chalchihuites/Alta Vista/Chichimeca), ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Hailing from a very unique ceramic culture, a blackware conical scepter with a naturalistic applied rattlesnake around the upper body; incised lines in a zig-zag pattern behind the snake and around the lower body suggest either the movement of a snake or the jagged mountains that form the landscape of northern Mexico. Comes with custom stand. Size: 2.7_ W x 9.2_ H (6.9 cm x 23.4 cm); size on stand: 3_ W x 9.5_ H (7.6 cm x 24.1 cm) | Zacatecas | Blackware Scepter | 200 BCE to 200 CE | Ceramics