Nose Ornament
CultureMoche
Titles
- Nose Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlaceLoma Negra, Peru, South America
MediumHammered and cut silver and gold
Dimensions5 3/4 × 9 × 1/8 in. (14.6 × 22.9 × 3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.916
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #4, before slide dated "JAN 70."
[2] Lou Slavitz report with attached Junius Bird slides, dated April 1969.
Exhibition History"Gold of the Americas: An Exhibit of Pre-Columbian Gold from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia," The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, May 14, 1970-October, 1977.
Published References Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (1976) fig. 397
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