Can anyone identify this articulated necklace

Can anyone identify the source of this piece? Articulated necklace, the mark on the back is merely “Taxco”

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Taxco is a major center of Mexican jewelry production. So this is Mexican. Looks like abalone beads with a serpentine or Mexican jade carved pendant representing an ancient mask.

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no sure but its really cool what are the measurements?

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the back reads “Mosaica Azteca, Castillo Taxco,” so that much I’ve got. It’s probably from the 1940s - my grandparents collected Mexican art around that time. This might belong in a different category on this site - I’m hoping someone’s seen something like it.

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the head is ~ 2" the necklace part is short, hanging the pendant at the throat.

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