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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4424034, member: 8267"]It does appear to represent an alpaca or llama. A magnet sticking to the figure indicates that it is made of iron, and your better photos show that it is probably cast iron. This eliminates the possibility of it being precolumbian. Prior to European contact iron technology was unknown in the New World. It is also not a particularly well made casting. (For example, the ears are a single block.) </p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot make any other suggestions as to its origins or age.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4424034, member: 8267"]It does appear to represent an alpaca or llama. A magnet sticking to the figure indicates that it is made of iron, and your better photos show that it is probably cast iron. This eliminates the possibility of it being precolumbian. Prior to European contact iron technology was unknown in the New World. It is also not a particularly well made casting. (For example, the ears are a single block.) I cannot make any other suggestions as to its origins or age.[/QUOTE]
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