**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan, Protoclassic Period, ca. 500 to 100 BCE. A fine pair of pottery bracelets, each formed from 3 equally sized rings of clay layered horizontally and boasting pigments of burnt sienna, black, beige, and white. Each additionally displays a knob-like embellishment on one side. Size (larger bracelet): 3.875" W (9.8 cm); Size (band of larger): 1" W (2.5 cm); Size (interior of larger): 3" W (7.6 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Toluca Lake, California, USA collection, before 2000

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#164405

Wear, though not recommended for wear. Both intact and excellent with impressive remaining pigments and nice earthen deposits throughout.