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Lot of 2 pre-Columbian gold earrings in the form of a snake chasing its tail, from Central or South

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Artifacts Start Price:180.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Lot of 2 pre-Columbian gold earrings in the form of a snake chasing its tail, from Central or South
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Lot of 2 pre-Columbian gold earrings in the form of a snake chasing its tail, from Central or South America. 1.39 grams total, each about 1/2" in diameter. Conjecturally linked to the Quetzalcoatl ("feathered serpent") of Mesoamerican culture, the snake-chasing-tail image is commonly seen in native earrings like these, this pair being somewhat dainty but perfectly intact, in presumably high-karat gold (22K?), the "head" of the snake more stylistic than artistic. In Riker box.