Bracelet buy Mexico Warrior Face Mask Abalone Alpaca Mexico 7 inch

Bracelet Mexico Warrior Face Mask Abalone Alpaca 7inch

Vintage 1960 - 1970

Designer Brand Marked on back Hecho En Mexico (Made in Mexico)

Marvelous Bracelet measures 7" long, 1 3/16" wide.

Bracelet is made up of 6 flat topped dome panels, 3 with a large 7/8 x 3/4" beautiful abalone panel alternating with 3 carved warrior mask that is sitting on top of round stamped mounds.

"All" of the Warriors have two beaded earrings, with a crown Bead center top of head buy, and a fine twisted rope design around each head.

The framing around the Abalone panels have beautiful raised scrolled designs on each side and raised beaded design top and bottom.

Three piece tight coiled hinge hold each of the panels together.

Folded Push in box style clasp works great, You have to push in till it clicks shut.

(Tip" If a folded push in clasp becomes too loose simply use a thin file to carefully spread the folded end apart to tighten.)

Alpaca Silver is a Nickle Silver, metal alloy mixed with iron and nickle or other metals such as zinc or Iron that mimics the look of sterling often used in making alpaca silver jewelry and crafts in Mexico, Central America and South America

These bracelets were handmade by Mexican Artists using many types of material from Abalone, Onyx and Turquoise along with many types of beautiful polished stone and sold in Mexico as souvenirs to tourists.

Condition Great!! No damage No missing Earring beads!! with a wonderful appearance of sterling "Look" and shine.

Clasp is snug and has to be pushed in till you hear a click.

All items are cleaned and inspected upon arrival, cleaned again when shipped.

Bracelet will be shipped in a protective Gift Box

Vintage55 has a "No Questions Asked" return Policy!! Easy return instructions can be found on your enclosed receipt!

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More info than you really ever wanted to know....

Quoting from: Marks of Berndorf Metalware Factory in Austria :

The Alpaca alloy was developed in 1823 by the German chemist Dr. Ernst August Geitner (1783-1852). It was very similar in its appearance to silver, but significantly cheaper. Therefore, this new alloy was first called "Argentan". It consisted of 20% nickel, 55% copper and 25% zinc. The new silver-imitating alloy soon became very popular. The Gebrueder Henninger (Henninger Bros.) proposed a similar alloy (5-30% nickel, 45-70% copper and 8-45% zinc with trace amounts of lead, tin and iron) which they called "Neusilber". Later both Argentan and Neusilber were used under the trade name of Alpaca (or Alpakka). The great advantage of the use of Alpaca alloy as the base metal for silver plating is that the appearance of the objects does not change significantly with the wearing away of the silver layer.