mexican alpaca nickel silver abalone round pill/small trinket box pendant aztec

Description

the box
perfectly-sized pill box or small trinket box. bale also serves box closure and clsing is nice and tight. this is a vintage item, so the base does not appear perfectly smooth as it has been around. top design is an abstracted meo-american figure (i believe). box closing arm also serves as a bale, so the box is ready to conveniently wear on a chain. the hinge is slightly loose but I think it came that way made.the box closure is sound and compensates for that slight looseness.
what is alpaca silver? from perutreasure.com/blog/what-is-alpaca-silver:
alpaca silver (alpacca) refers to an alloy that imitates sterling silver. this bright silvery-grey metal alloy is made up of copper, zinc and nickel and sometimes iron...the term for this alloy in mexico, central america, and south america is «alpaca silver» rather than «nickel silver».
maker/marks
«mexico»
«alpaca»
dimensions
see second image; here in text: lid diameter: 1 1/2" wide
base diameter: 1 1/4"
outside box height: 1/2"
i lament that i do not have a scale so i cannot provide the weight of the box.
condition notes
good vintage condition. has some slight indentation. s on the underside making the surface not completely smooth. (see images). the hinge is slightly loose but I think it came that way made.the box closure is sound and compensates for that slight looseness.
the fine print
the images are the majority of the listing description, so take a look at them closely.
shipping costs have really increased: note that this effects the buy-it-now price.
trying to downsize some, though extremely melancholically.
shipping time: i otherwise work more than full time and my health isn't great, so kindly excuse the longer handling time. if i am able to ship sooner, i absolutely will do that
. i appreciate you taking the time to view my listing.