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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 108450, member: 111&quot;]They&#039;re almost certainly Colombian, Rainwater&#039;s &#039;Spoons Around the World&#039; shows two with similar stems and shield design, with &#039;Colombia&#039; and &#039;Bogota&#039; also on the spoons.&nbsp; While one spoon does appear to show a coat of arms similar to Bogota&#039;s, the other looks more like Lima&#039;s coat of arms - have seen sets of matching South American souvenir spoons with six different countries, so suppose a set of different countries&#039; capital cities might be a possibility too...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a set of spoons with similar stems and a typical Incan deity at the top:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/119499521/900-fine-silver-columbian-inca-tribal?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=inca%20design&amp;ref=sr_gallery_26" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/119499521/900-fine-silver-columbian-inca-tribal?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=inca%20design&amp;ref=sr_gallery_26" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/119499521/900-fine-silver-columbian-inca-tribal?ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=inca design&amp;ref=sr_gallery_26</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the seller of the first Bogota spoon Susan linked, for some reason, seems to think that the Maori are Colombian:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/SpoonWorld/3747883/Colombia_Sterling_Souvenir_Spoon_Silver_Colombian_Maori_Man_Collector/Collectibles/Souvenir" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/SpoonWorld/3747883/Colombia_Sterling_Souvenir_Spoon_Silver_Colombian_Maori_Man_Collector/Collectibles/Souvenir" rel="nofollow">https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/SpoonWorld/3747883/Colombia_Sterling_Souvenir_Spoon_Silver_Colombian_Maori_Man_Collector/Collectibles/Souvenir</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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