Screw back earrings stamped Peru. What is the image and how old?

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  1. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    2019-05-31-20-18-38-784.jpg 2019-05-31-20-17-59-402.jpg 2019-05-31-20-18-22-613.jpg Any idea one what this image is and how old they are. There is a tag that says sterling. Not sure where the mark is I haven't gone over it in totality yet.
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  2. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Appears to be an Incan warrior. Screwbacks likely date them to the 1950s.

    Debora
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    They say Peru on the back too, so Inca warrior is a good bet. It's crude enough to pass for a medieval European warrior, if need be.
     
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  4. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Lovely, Michelle. It is shaped like a double spouted Moche vessel with a Moche warrior on it. The Moche were a pre-Columbian culture on Peru's north coast.
    I'm with Debora on 1950s.

    This is the shape:
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    Here is a single spouted one with a warrior, in this case a bird-warrior (condor?), but similarities in shield, club, helmet with neck-guard, etc:
    [​IMG]
     
  6. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member


    Thank you!
     
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  7. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    Thanks everyone!
     
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  8. Michelle Collins

    Michelle Collins Well-Known Member

    I still have to get more pics I don't see where the mark is for silver. Might be back!
     
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