Nose Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Nose Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGreenstone and gold
Dimensions1 × 1 1/4 × 3/8 in. (2.5 × 3.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.957
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 18, 1991, lot #302);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.957

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