Nose Ornament

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CultureTairona

Titles

Nose Ornament

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia , South America

MediumCast gold

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 7 3/16 × 7/16 in. (8.9 × 18.3 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1290

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before September 11, 1991] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September 11, 1991–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on September 11, 1991.

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