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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 495338, member: 1476"]According to the internet, Santería became popular in México in the 1960s. I can't read the coins -- suspect you can -- but they look 1970s. I think resin likely. And, I don't think this was a tourist piece but I do think it was made for export. The kind of (inexpensive) item that might have been sold at Mexican <i>mercados</i> and <i>pulgas</i> in the U.S.</p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 495338, member: 1476"]According to the internet, Santería became popular in México in the 1960s. I can't read the coins -- suspect you can -- but they look 1970s. I think resin likely. And, I don't think this was a tourist piece but I do think it was made for export. The kind of (inexpensive) item that might have been sold at Mexican [I]mercados[/I] and [I]pulgas[/I] in the U.S. Debora[/QUOTE]
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