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<p>[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 648121, member: 10171"]I think [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] meant the reference to Bali/Asia was the wrong continent. You are in the right forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, at first blush, they appear to be tourist items perhaps from Mexico, or even Central America, e.g., guatemala, or northern S.A., e.g., ecuador. The first one appears the most to me like Mexican origin. The content reminds of 'festival' type masks representing what appears to be jaguar, and snake. The dark eyes remind me of tribal face paint of Aztec (more Day of the Dead actually), but they are definitely modern.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not inuit, agree. Other than Mexico being on the N.A. continent, not Native American from North America. [edit: uh, thank you all for not pointing out that my reference to "North Americas" prior to deleting the 's' might lead one to ask "what other North America are you referring to? North North America and South North America?" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie44" alt=":eggface:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 648121, member: 10171"]I think [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] meant the reference to Bali/Asia was the wrong continent. You are in the right forum. To me, at first blush, they appear to be tourist items perhaps from Mexico, or even Central America, e.g., guatemala, or northern S.A., e.g., ecuador. The first one appears the most to me like Mexican origin. The content reminds of 'festival' type masks representing what appears to be jaguar, and snake. The dark eyes remind me of tribal face paint of Aztec (more Day of the Dead actually), but they are definitely modern. Not inuit, agree. Other than Mexico being on the N.A. continent, not Native American from North America. [edit: uh, thank you all for not pointing out that my reference to "North Americas" prior to deleting the 's' might lead one to ask "what other North America are you referring to? North North America and South North America?" :eggface:)[/QUOTE]
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