Peruvian Panel Bracelet with Inca-Revival Motifs

Hinged silver cuff with a stepped plaque and a sober face at the center.

This sterling silver panel bracelet with Inca-revival motifs is from Peru, and dates to the mid 20th century. Inca-revival designs draw on the stepped patterns, animals and geometric forms of pre-Hispanic Andean art, and they became popular in Peruvian silverwork in the twentieth century. Wide bracelet made of linked panels, each with fine engraved patterns and a central stepped, pyramid-shaped plate with a modeled human face in a headcloth. The metal is soft silvery grey with darker lines and light wear. It is 7.25 inches long and 1.5 high.

A serious face, framed with plenty of corners.