AN INCA GOLD AND COPPER LIME SPOON ,South Highlands, Peru, circa 1500 A.D. Finely cast in low relief in the form of a sinuous snake with inlaid turquoise eyes; together with THREE AZTEC GOLD BEADS, in the form of conch-shells (4) - Largest: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) long, the first. Estimate $650-850
PROVENANCE: The first acquired from Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, November 1970, no. 170. The second acquired from Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, November 1985, no. 229.
