**Originally Listed At $400**

Latin America, Mexico, Post Conquest / Spanish Colonial period, Mixtec culture, ca. 14th to 16th century CE. A striking pair of silver bracelets with a 98.5% silver content! The flattened wires are coiled about 3 times and are still quite flexible, perhaps for wearing on wrists or slender upper arms. Spirals are symbolic motifs in nearly every human civilization - in Mesoamerica, the spiral was a symbol of the unending cycle of life and death, and shells were often prized for their natural spires. The Spaniards plundered whatever gold and silver they could find, melting down for coinage and bullions, while expanding existing mines and locating new veins. This pair survived the destruction and may have been part of a burial, hidden and protected. Size: 2" L x 2.75" Diameter (5.1 cm x 7 cm); silver quality: 98.5%; weight: 84.6 grams

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-private Arkansas, USA collection, via descent in 2021; ex-private Florida estate, USA, acquired from the 1960s to 1970s

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#176281

Surface is cleaned in areas on one. Mineral deposits and encrustations, dark patina and toning. Both are in great condition.