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Lot of 2 small gold items: serpent's head ear- or nose-ring and fishhook(?).

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Jewelry & Watches Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Lot of 2 small gold items: serpent's head ear- or nose-ring and fishhook(?).
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Lot of 2 small gold items: serpent's head ear- or nose-ring and fishhook(?). 2.3 grams total. The serpent ring is a pre-Columbian design that we have seen before, possibly Mayan or Incan, with ornate serpent's head at one end and sharp point at other; the other item looks for all the world like a fishhook but must have been a jewelry piece, with loop at one end and sharp point at the other. Both are high-grade gold and should be considered somewhat rare. Found in a Spanish colonial area in the southern Caribbean, ca. 1590.