That’s great TY. BTW that lizard in the link is also ring lizard. Beautiful!
It’s definitely not croc or gator. I don’t think it’s snake but it’s snake or lizard.
On a larger screen I think I’m just looking at discoloration but regardless it looks more like lizard to me than snake. Ring lizard is patterned...
Respectfully are you certain it’s snake? It’s pieced so it’s tough for me but when I try and blow it up I think it’s pieced ring lizard.
Fabulous! Always loved the ancient world too and grew up with uncles and a grandfather who were dealers. Art history major here with a Classics...
Agree with brutalist and to magnet check. Wishing you a full and fast recovery.
Mine in the early 60s was 14k, not gold filled. Wish I still had it!
Just got an answer and here’s where I’m going-apologies and kudos as always to AJ. I think they could be skin tabs but I think these are feathers.
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They existed but were more popular 50s and 60s. By about 63 every girl i knew had one including me. If thatvstamp is mid 40s and after (I’m not...
Haven’t heard back but did want to clarify that when a figure does wear a flayed skin it is not just on the face. I can’t believe this replica has...
Pic sent and hopefully I’ll get an answer and again apologies but i’m more upset that I’ve told so many people over the years that similar...
I’ll send an image to a mesoamerican dealer bud and see if i can get a definitive answer to the derivation of the figure.
Is the figure wearing feathers or a flayed skin?
The last thing I ever want to do around here is give misinformation so apologies after being adamant if I’m wrong but every time I’ve ever seen...
I believe stones should always be identified in hand but I believe you have a vintage scarab bracelet with genuine amethyst, carnelian, tiger’s...
it’s definitely accurate. I had to look up the name of the god for you but I’ve seen many different representations of him wearing the flayed skin...
Why did the Aztecs wear human skin? As a symbol of the new vegetation, Xipe Totec wore the skin of a human victim—the “new skin” that covered the...
Xipe Totec, the Aztec god of spring and regeneration, appears in many Mesoamerican cults. ... Meaning literally “our lord, the flayed one,” Xipe...
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