Nose Ornament

Public Domain

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CultureZenú (Sinú)

Titles

Nose Ornament

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions1 1/4 × 7 7/8 L in. (3.2 × 20 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.945

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceMontclair Art Museum, Monclair, New Jersey, before May 19, 1987 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1987, lot 61]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 1987–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's Catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #10.

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