South American Artifacts/ Any info would help

[redherring5]

Passed down from relatives, Found in an old cigar box & an old shoe box. Any idea if they are common? Worth selling?

 

[taz42o]

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Whilst living in Cuenca Ecuador, a man known as Father Carlo Crespi received many gifts from the locals. There are remarkable similarities between these figurines and a modern day space suit. The locals claimed they came from subterranean cave systems in the jungles. source

 

[redherring5]

Thank you for the info. Any idea when he received them or how old they were?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

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Whilst living in Cuenca Ecuador, a man known as Father Carlo Crespi received many gifts from the locals. There are remarkable similarities between these figurines and a modern day space suit. The locals claimed they came from subterranean cave systems in the jungles. source

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Wife and I are planning a vacation this year to Cuenca, Ecuador to check it out for a possible city to retire to...Have several possible cities to check out..






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[BosnMate]

I've been told those are quite common, kind of like finding arrow heads up here. They are sacrifices to the gods. When the Azetc's would plant corn or what ever,
the idol for the corn god would be placed in the field to insure a good crop. The next year there would be another, and this was done by each farmer. Then if
you extrapolate for the other gods, you kind of get the idea. That's the total information I have, don't know how true it is. I had a couple of those that had been
given to me, so inquired what they were, and that's how I got my info. One of mine looked a lot like the top row, second from left. I gave mine away a long
time ago.