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<p>[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 4527741, member: 13823"]These earrings tested higher than 20K, I'm thinking 21K or 22K. Length is 1 7/16" or 42mm from the top of the wire to the end of the fringe.</p><p><br /></p><p>The style looks like something I'd see in Peru, Bolivia or Chile. The cones are hand-cut and pattern-stamped on the front and back. The front depicts a man wearing a wide brimmed hat and a poncho-type covering with finely stamped texture and zigzag bands. His feet? or hands? poke out from the bottom of the poncho. A long stick is connected to his mouth and goes down past the hands/feet. A pipe? musical instrument?</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse is a smaller man who appears to be sitting in a little boat, oar in hand, with a full sail. </p><p><br /></p><p>The top of each earring has a stamped face on a trapezoid. Hand-twisted wire fringes dangle from inside the cones.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, anyone have an idea of the theme or country? TIA!</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - I have not gotten any daily email updates in a few weeks. I checked my settings and I have enabled the newsletter and ALL alerts. Is something amiss?[ATTACH=full]399902[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 4527741, member: 13823"]These earrings tested higher than 20K, I'm thinking 21K or 22K. Length is 1 7/16" or 42mm from the top of the wire to the end of the fringe. The style looks like something I'd see in Peru, Bolivia or Chile. The cones are hand-cut and pattern-stamped on the front and back. The front depicts a man wearing a wide brimmed hat and a poncho-type covering with finely stamped texture and zigzag bands. His feet? or hands? poke out from the bottom of the poncho. A long stick is connected to his mouth and goes down past the hands/feet. A pipe? musical instrument? On the reverse is a smaller man who appears to be sitting in a little boat, oar in hand, with a full sail. The top of each earring has a stamped face on a trapezoid. Hand-twisted wire fringes dangle from inside the cones. So, anyone have an idea of the theme or country? TIA! PS - I have not gotten any daily email updates in a few weeks. I checked my settings and I have enabled the newsletter and ALL alerts. Is something amiss?[ATTACH=full]399902[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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