**Originally Listed At $150**

North America, Mexico, ca. 20th century CE; South America, Peru, ca. 20th century CE. A lovely trio of vintage Latin American silver-paneled jewelry pieces, including two Peruvian cuff bracelets and a Mexican ashtray. The first bracelet has four sterling silver panels which are conjoined with small ovoid rings and is secured by a chain and clasp on either end; the imagery includes a llama, two masks, and a standing figure. The second bracelet has seven panels of differing sizes, each attached by hoop-shaped rings, with a long tabbed clasp on one end and a thin slot on the other; the imagery includes four standing figures and two long-legged mammals. The Mexican sterling silver ashtray has a thin rim, three curved flutes for cigars or cigarettes, a shallow bowl cavity, and an Aztec calendar as the central image. Size (four-panel bracelet): 9" L (22.9 cm), 40.4 grams, 95% sterling silver quality; size (seven-panel bracelet): 7.75" L (19.7 cm), 72.7 grams, 90% silver quality; Size (ashtray): 4.1" W (10.4 cm), 49 grams, 92.5% sterling silvery quality.

Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection

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Bracelets are wearable as shown. All items have tarnishing to silver surfaces. Ashtray has ash and burn marks from use and has "Sterling 925" and "AVB" stamped onto the underside of two curved flutes. Seven-panel bracelet has "900" and "ING" stamped onto the underside of the end panel. The four-panel bracelet does not have anything stamped.