mayan playing cards

mayan playing cards



during soviet russia the only vendor for playing cards (and most other things) was the soviet state.
one of the limited number of decks they offered were these devoted to mayan culture.







you can see more of the 'mayan' cards here
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via english russia
andy db
11.20.08  
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